Alessandro Padovan (1983) - BERNARD AUBERTIN 2.0

Artwork by artist Alessandro Padovan, famous worldwide for his Screw Art technique. The piece is enriched by a plexiglass display case.

This work enters into dialogue with Bernard Aubertin’s radical monochrome, reinterpreting his language through industrial matter. Absolute red – an identity-defining, totalizing color – here is not merely surface but an energetic field. As in Aubertin, the monochrome becomes mental space, pure tension, spiritual vibration. However, instead of fire and combustion, we find the screw: a mechanical, modular, serial element.
Screws emerge from the plane like a dynamic weave, creating a visual rhythm that breaks the two-dimensionality and transforms red into a territory traversed by forces. If Aubertin burned matter to free its essence, here matter is screwed, penetrated, built. It’s an opposite gesture yet conceptually akin: a radical act on the monochrome.
The transparent case isolates and protects, turning the work into a contemporary relic. Red is not only color, but immersive experience; not merely surface, but tension between order and impulse, between mechanical control and emotional vibration.
From this perspective, the work presents itself as an evolution of monochrome: from fire to screw, from destructive energy to constructive energy, while preserving the absolute strength of red.

The works of this contemporary artist fit within the trajectory of Pop Art, Screw Art, conceptual art and street art, invoking in terms of visual language and cultural impact the work of major names such as Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Banksy, Jeff Koons, Keith Haring, Fontana, Imbue, obey, Padovan, Schifano, Nicole Lubbers, Bani, kev munday invader, murakami and Damien Hirst.
At the same time, the artistic research dialogues with the imagery of luxury, iconic fashion and global design, evoking sacred symbols and universally recognized brands such as Louis Vuitton, Gucci, Chanel, Hermès, Rolex, Ferrari Porsche Lamborghini.
The works are neither replicas nor official collaborations with the cited artists or brands, but original creations, realized with a personal style that reflects a critique and a rereading of consumerism, the symbolic value of the brand and art as a contemporary cultural object.
This approach makes the works particularly appreciated by collectors and enthusiasts of contemporary art, luxury Pop Art, conceptual street art and art inspired by iconic large brands, while maintaining a strong autonomous artistic identity.