Matteo Ciffo (1987) - Frammenti - Nefertiti

- Contemporary sculpture by Matteo Ciffo (Italy - 1987).
- Title Fragments-Nefertiti
- Year 2026. Edition no. 2/8
- Signed and authenticated by the artist, with certificate of authenticity
- Material: Cold fusion of marble and stone powders
- Excellent condition


FRAGMENTS Collection

The comparison with classical sculpture constitutes a central element of this collection. Those forms, historically associated with the idea of perfection, eternity and collective memory, are taken as a starting point and subjected to a process of fragmentation and redefinition.
The form is no longer understood as a stable unity, but as a transient condition. It is interrupted, broken down and reassembled, revealing its unstable nature. The volume opens up, splits into blocks and fragments, generating a new structure in which time is no longer hidden, but becomes a visible element.
This tension eliminates the idea of perfection as an absolute state. What appears eternal reveals its own vulnerability. The classical form survives, but transformed: no longer a symbol of immortality, but a presence traversed by time, exposed to change and returned to a new dimension.



MATTEO CIFFO

Born in Biella in 1987, since 2007 I have developed a research focused on matter, its transformation and the memory it preserves. My work arises from a direct relationship with noble and complex materials such as marble and stone powders, natural pigments, Armenian earths, oxides and metals. I do not consider them simple expressive tools, but living presences, bearers of time, history and the possibility of rebirth.

Through a process I consider more ritual than sculptural: a rebirth of the stone guided by my hand. The practice stems from observation and the desire to restore life to what has been shattered, abandoned or forgotten. Fragments and waste, often originating from the work of other sculptors, become the original material for my works.
These are materials that already carry a story within them. I break them down and recombine them, generating forms that no longer belong to their previous state but to a new condition. Each work emerges from a fragile balance between loss and rebirth, between memory and possibility, making visible the moment when the matter ceases to be what it was and becomes something else.

The journey takes the form of a transformation that surpasses traditional sculpture, approaching an almost alchemical dimension. I use materials that have already had an existence, break them down and recombine them to generate new forms and identities. Each creation arises from a tension between destruction and regeneration, between loss and memory, rendering visible a continuous state of change.
The research confronts materials that embody a deep contradiction: seemingly eternal and indestructible, yet simultaneously sensitive and vulnerable. What seems immutable reveals an unstable nature, capable of reacting, oxidizing and transforming over time. This condition makes matter an active part of the work, engaged in a constant dialogue with time and the environment.
Perfection gives way to fragility, and eternity manifests as a living, human experience. Matter is not subordinate, but becomes a co-author, preserving on the surface traces of gesture, process and its own evolution.

Self-taught, I have built my path through experimentation, observation and listening. The approach does not seek control, but accompanies the material in its transformation. The resulting forms reflect the functioning of memory: structures in which fragments, traces and absences coexist and regenerate.
This practice explores matter as a living archive. The sculptures emerge as presences suspended between ruin and rebirth, between permanence and transformation, returning to matter a deeply contemporary and human dimension.