Gio Schiano (XX) - Red Vertigo

The sculpture 'Red Vertigo' presents itself as a precisely constructed, flatly built composition of layered methacrylate (acrylic), whose visual impact is strongly shaped by optical effects and light refraction. Red and white, clearly cut elements are stacked on top of one another and, depending on the viewing angle, create a vibrating sense of depth reminiscent of the principles of Optical Art. The work is laser-cut and hand-assembled, producing an exact, almost graphic clarity that is simultaneously fractured by the transparency of the material. The sculpture seems less like a classical plastic form, but rather like a three-dimensional image that unfolds in space and changes constantly with the movement of the viewer.

Gio Schiano was born in 1967 in Naples and counts among the leading representatives of contemporary Italian sculpture. After his training he developed a distinctive formal language characterized by the combination of industrial materials with expressive, often organically appearing lines. In his work he repeatedly engages with themes such as movement, transformation and spatial perception, with steel and color as central means of expression. 'Red Vertigo' stands exemplarily for this artistic handwriting: The sculpture unites Schiano's interest in kinetic dynamics with his preference for powerful color contrasts and translates his conceptual engagement with energy and instability into an insistent, physically palpable form.