This research aims to study the sculptures and installations of the Italian multimedia and avant-garde artist Gian Carlo Riccardi (1933-2015). Our psychological study will particularly consider the ‘rooms’, installations created by the artist with simple objects and recycled materials such as paper, cardboard, plexiglass and predominantly iron and wood using the logic of the ready-made. The artist's sculptures and installations are constructed and represented through painted and coloured walls depicting abstract representations and through the use of everyday objects. This work intends to show how the contemporary artist Gian Carlo Riccardi, through his ‘rooms’, wants to immortalise the central moments of his life through the recovery of memory, dream and play, directly involving the observer by establishing an active dialogue with the work. As a result, this research shows how Gian Carlo Riccardi's installations are works of public Art because they are able to create a direct and participatory relationship between the installations, the contexts in which they are located and the viewers, who are provoked and involved in the realisation of the artistic work.

Gian Carlo Riccardi's Sculpture: Brief Psychological Reflections on "Rooms"

Rosella Tomassoni
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2023-01-01

Abstract

This research aims to study the sculptures and installations of the Italian multimedia and avant-garde artist Gian Carlo Riccardi (1933-2015). Our psychological study will particularly consider the ‘rooms’, installations created by the artist with simple objects and recycled materials such as paper, cardboard, plexiglass and predominantly iron and wood using the logic of the ready-made. The artist's sculptures and installations are constructed and represented through painted and coloured walls depicting abstract representations and through the use of everyday objects. This work intends to show how the contemporary artist Gian Carlo Riccardi, through his ‘rooms’, wants to immortalise the central moments of his life through the recovery of memory, dream and play, directly involving the observer by establishing an active dialogue with the work. As a result, this research shows how Gian Carlo Riccardi's installations are works of public Art because they are able to create a direct and participatory relationship between the installations, the contexts in which they are located and the viewers, who are provoked and involved in the realisation of the artistic work.
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