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Salvatore Arancio's works 'It Was Only a Matter of Time Before We Found the Pyramid and Forced It Open' evoke a sculptural garden in which the sculptures are shaped by forms informed by the petrified trees of the 'Lava Trees State Park' in the Hawaii Island, that preserves lava moulds of the tree trunks that were formed after a volcanic eruption in 1790. By using a natural material like clay to recreate the lava trees' totemic presence and by toning the resulting shapes with iridescent, metallic glazes, the artist’s aim is to create a link to his ongoing fascination about nature as a theatre for rituals, worships and self-induced trance states. Arancio doesn’t hesitate to convene science and make apparent their mystical side, decontextualising the forms that have inspired him to emphasise the strangeness and the evocative power of these natural elements – that may recall phallic symbols and esoteric signs.
Title
It Was Only a Matter of Time Before We Found the Pyramid and Forced It Open
Date
2017
Medium
glazed & unglazed ceramic & epoxy resin
Measurements
H 160 x W 90 x D 270 cm;
H 160 x W 90 x D 250 cm
Accession number
EC3A_SITC_ITWA
Acquisition method
on loan to Sculpture in the City, 9th Edition, 2019–2020
Work type
Sculpture
Owner
Federica Schiavo Gallery
Custodian
Sculpture in the City
Installation start date
2019
Installation end date
2020
Access
at all times
