Alessandro Padovan (1983) - BERNARD AUBERTIN

Artwork by Alessandro Padovan, famous worldwide for his Screw Art technique. The piece is enriched with a Plexiglas case.

This work enters into dialogue with Bernard Aubertin’s radical monochrome, reinterpreting his language through industrial material. The absolute red – an identity-defining and totalizing color – here is not just surface, but an energy field. As in Aubertin, the monochrome becomes mental space, pure tension, spiritual vibration. However, instead of fire and combustion, here we find the screw: a mechanical, modular, serial element.
The 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 release its essence, here matter is screwed, penetrated, built. It is an opposite gesture yet conceptually akin: a radical act on the monochrome.
The transparent case isolates and protects, transforming the work into a contemporary relic. The red is not only color, but an immersive experience; not only surface, but tension between order and impulse, between mechanical control and emotional vibration.
From this perspective, the work stands as an evolution of monochrome: from fire to screw, from destructive energy to constructive energy, preserving the absolute strength of red.

The works of this contemporary artist fit into the currents of Pop Art, Screw Art, conceptual art, and urban art, evoking in visual language and cultural impact the work of great 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 imagination of luxury, iconic fashion, and global design, evoking symbols and brands universally recognized such as Louis Vuitton, Gucci, Chanel, Hermès, Rolex, Ferrari, Porsche, Lamborghini.
The works are not replicas nor official collaborations with the artists or brands cited, but original creations, executed in 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 great brands, while maintaining a strong autonomous artistic identity.