Il muro

Matteo Rubbi - Wall

Il muro (The Wall)2008-2015. Action. Wooden Wall 420 cm x 250 cm.Ph: Alessandro Zambianchi

One person holds up a wall that would otherwise fall. The work plays on the attempt to achieve stability by pushing one’s strength to the limit: the energy remains in its potential state. The work addresses the act of one body preventing an irreversible fall by trying to maintain an uncomfortable equilibrium.

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Matteo Rubbi - Wall

Wall. 2007. Installation view”. A Certain Ratio”, Room Gallery, Milan. Ph: Alessandro Zambianchi

During the exhibition here, titled Pleure qui peut, rit qui veut, the wall in the middle of the room was supported by visitors, who were invited to prop it up.

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Wall. 2011. “Pleure qui peut, rit qui veut”. 2011. Palazzo Pepoli, Bologna.

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Wall. 2011. “Pleure qui peut, rit qui veut”. 2011. Palazzo Pepoli, Bologna.

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Wall. 2011. “Pleure qui peut, rit qui veut”. 2011. Palazzo Pepoli, Bologna.