Matteo Ciffo (1987) - Frammenti - Nefertiti

- Contemporary sculpture by Matteo Ciffo (Italy - 1987) .
- Title Frammenti-Nefertiti
- Year 2026 . Edition no. 6/8
- Signed and authenticated by the artist, with certificate of authenticity
- Material : Cold casting of marble and stone powders
- Excellent condition



FRAMMENTI Collection

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






MATTEO CIFFO


Born in Biella in 1987, since 2007 I have been developing a practice focused on matter, its transformation, and the memory it preserves. My work stems 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 mere expressive tools, but living presences that carry time, history, and the possibility of rebirth.

Through a process I consider more ritual than sculptural: a rebirth of stone guided by my hand. My practice stems from observation and the desire to restore life to what has been broken, abandoned, or forgotten. Fragments and remnants, often originating from the work of other sculptors, become the raw material for my work.
These materials already carry a history within them. I break them down and reassemble them, creating 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 matter ceases to be what it was and becomes something else.

The process takes the form of a transformation that goes beyond traditional sculpture, approaching an almost alchemical dimension. I use materials that have already had an existence, breaking them down and reassembling them to create new forms and identities. Each creation arises from a tension between destruction and regeneration, between loss and memory, making a continuous state of change visible.
My practice engages with materials that embody a profound contradiction: apparently eternal and indestructible, yet at the same time 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, involved 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 its surface the traces of the gesture, the process, and its own evolution.

Self-taught, I have built my path through experimentation, observation, and attentive listening. My approach does not seek to control, but to accompany the material through its transformation. The resulting forms reflect the workings 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, restoring to matter a profoundly contemporary and human dimension.