Ortisei, 1989
chocolate
45 × 43 × 41 cm
(published in Catalogue Raisonné vol. 1 p. 630)
Photo credit: Alessandro Zambianchi
Aldo Mondino began using chocolate to imitate bronze, inspired by a shop-window of Caffé Torino with a life-size chocolate bell, exhibited during Easter. The idea of exchanging bronze with another material came thanks to his myopia. When he attended the Academy in Paris, from a certain distance, the historic sculptures installed in front of the Louvre appeared to him like made of chocolate.
This work, where Mondino carved "Le portrait de Marcel Duchamp", was one of the first he made in chocolate.
The artist sculpted the over 70 Kg block, supplied by Peyrano in Torino, as if it were a normal tree trunk and using a traditional technique learned in Val Gardena. For this reason it’s titled "Ortisei", honoring the small town in Trentino-South Tyrol.
45 × 43 × 41 cm
(published in Catalogue Raisonné vol. 1 p. 630)
Photo credit: Alessandro Zambianchi
Aldo Mondino began using chocolate to imitate bronze, inspired by a shop-window of Caffé Torino with a life-size chocolate bell, exhibited during Easter. The idea of exchanging bronze with another material came thanks to his myopia. When he attended the Academy in Paris, from a certain distance, the historic sculptures installed in front of the Louvre appeared to him like made of chocolate.
This work, where Mondino carved "Le portrait de Marcel Duchamp", was one of the first he made in chocolate.
The artist sculpted the over 70 Kg block, supplied by Peyrano in Torino, as if it were a normal tree trunk and using a traditional technique learned in Val Gardena. For this reason it’s titled "Ortisei", honoring the small town in Trentino-South Tyrol.
EXHIBITIONS
«Food for thought», EDIT Kitchens, Torino, November 3-5, 2017.
«Luigi Zaini e la fabbrica di cioccolato», Biblioteca Comunale Centrale, Palazzo Sormani, Milano, curated by Luigi Sansone, October 29, 2013 - January 6, 2014.
«Aldo Mondino Scultore», Piazza del Duomo e Chiesa di Sant'Agostino, Pietrasanta (LU), curated by Valerio Dehò, September 12 - December 12, 2010.
«Calpestar le uova!», Palazzo Monferrato e Palazzo Cuttica e Casale Monferrato (Alessandria), Museo della Sinagoga, Alessandria, curated by Alberto Fiz, October 31 - November 30, 2008.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
V. Dehò (edited by), «Aldo Mondino Scultore», exhibition catalogue (Pietrasanta (LU), Piazza del Duomo e Chiesa di Sant'Agostino, September 12 - December 12, 2010), Allemandi & C., Torino, 2010, p. 24.
A. Fiz (edited by), «Aldo Mondino. Calpestar le uova!», exhibition catalogue (Alessandria, Palazzo Monferrato e Palazzo Cuttica e Casale Monferrato (Alessandria), Museo della Sinagoga, October 31 - November 30, 2008), Silvana Editoriale, Cinisello Balsamo, MI, 2008, p. 55.
L. Sansone (edited by), «Luigi Zaini e la fabbrica di cioccolato», exhibition catalogue (Milano, Biblioteca Comunale Centrale, Palazzo Sormani, October 29, 2013 - January 6, 2014), Comune di Milano, Milano, 2013, p. 104.
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