wall-mounted - Iron, Wood - 2026

Wall clock made from motorcycle parts by a contemporary artist passionate about engines (biography attached), specifically a front brake disc with bearing application and piston band; the dial is composed of a clutch disc on which reference numbers (12, 3, 6, 9) have been hand-engraved in Japanese characters. The mechanism was inserted into a hand-made wooden element on which flame effects have been created. An unique adhesive was applied, made to order bearing the emblematic inscription "ride old bikes" and small fragments of musical score. It will be carefully packed and shipped by courier.

Biography

Andrea Oliva was born in Milan on 15/02/1973. He attends the classical high school but then decides to follow his instinct, leaves the gymnasium and enrolls in the Caravaggio Art High School where he graduates in 1992 and subsequently at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts; he plays in several musical groups (drums and guitar), while at the same time he attends the ateliers of already established artists and begins a long period of collaboration with some of them, from whom he learns the specific techniques of sculpture. He also works for a period at the historic plaster workshop "Fumagalli e Dossi". He begins a constant series of solo exhibitions, the first in 1994 and group exhibitions; he participates in sculpture symposia and competitions, becomes also an artist member of the Permanente Museum in Milan. He also pursues painting and poetry, some of which are published in specialized magazines.
He creates on commission the plaques of the "doctorate in chemical sciences and in industrial chemistry" for the University of Milan in 2004 and for the University of Insubria (Varese–Como) in 2005.
He has created several public monuments; one of the most important is a sepulchral monument located in the Major Cemetery of Milan.