A_SCAR Cinzia Ascari e Angelo Scardino - Starman Radicale, Omaggio a David Bowie, Radici di grano coltivate e stabilizzate

Artists: A_SCAR — Angelo Scardino and Cinzia Ascari
Title: Radical Starman
Technique and materials: cultivated and stabilized wheat roots, natural fiber and jute on a rigid support
Dimensions of the work: 50 × 40 × 2 cm
Presentation: protective plexiglass container, ready to hang
In Radical Starman, A_SCAR reinterprets David Bowie as an icon of metamorphosis and rebirth. His face emerges from a tangle of wheat roots: a fragile presence in appearance and intense in expression, transforming pop culture into an organic relic of change.
A form born from growth.
The innovative aspect of the technique lies in the very creation process: the figurative component is entirely made from wheat roots, cultivated and guided during growth to generate the desired shape, then stabilized. The vegetal matter builds the portrait through its own development, forming interweavings, voids, and reliefs.
The time of growth thus becomes part of the artwork. The natural fibers and jute accompany the weave of the roots, giving the face a material depth that invites close viewing of the piece.
Notes on colors
The colors of the work in photographs may appear slightly different from the original depending on the device used and the screen’s brightness and color settings.
Art, nature, and transformation
A_SCAR’s research centers on the relationship between human beings and the environment. Guiding the growth of the roots means confronting a natural process, with its timing and its unpredictability. The work invites reflection on the responsibility of human intervention: the capacity to steer and transform nature and the traces that every action leaves on the environment.
The metamorphosis evoked by David Bowie finds a concrete correspondence in the material: the root becomes image, the biological process becomes artistic language.
Brief biography and recognitions
A_SCAR is the artistic duo formed by Angelo Scardino and Cinzia Ascari. Their research interweaves sculpture, material experimentation, and organic processes, exploring the relationships between nature, memory, and identity.
In 2026 the duo received the MG Award in the Sculpture category at the Arte Prize, with the work “Custodi invisibili.” In the same year they participated in the BIANCOSCURO Art Contest — MonteCarlo Edition, with works that testify to an interest in vegetal matter and the reinterpretation of images through fibers and stratifications.
Radical Starman brings together this research in a homage to Bowie, aimed at collectors of material contemporary art and works capable of linking musical imagination, experimentation, and environmental reflection.
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