Pino Vastarella - Testa romana con fili d’oro

Pino Vastarella was born in Rome, where he lives and works.

An architect, designer, stylist, painter and photographer, over the years he has explored many forms of creative expression: from building design to interior design, from graphics to fashion, from painting to photography, from image publishing to reading performances. His journey is a precise reflection of a personal history never fully realized, always oriented toward confronting ancient memories with new experiments. It is above all the search into matter—stone, marbles, twine—and materials, often derived from daily life, that initially pushed him to engage with an artistic form of material abstraction.

The ongoing experimentation of these years leads his material practice to intersect with figuration. The abstract forms become more defined, fueling the curiosity to compare himself in a search where materials render representations of bodies, faces, statues—and above all architectures—a panorama of lived and torn reality.

In this work the artist has sought to capture the ancient soul of a classical sculpture, animating it with gold veins that symbolize inner strength and beauty in fragility. He has used material to give depth and realism, creating an intense dialogue between past and present.