https://www.albertogarutti.it/opera/specchi-forati/

1994-2023

Perforated mirrors

The Specchi forati are a series of works in which the artist has made holes on reflecting surfaces. The holes form the silhouette of certain furnishing objects reflected in the mirror the artist has in his living room.

“The mirror hangs there on my wall, and I pass by it every day with indifference – the artist has written. – It infallibly, incessantly functions to multiple the space, the place and the things. Standing before it, one day I noticed that I could see the reflection of my room, the table, the red chair, the window, a painting hung on the wall, and other things. I closed one eye and with a marker I traced on the surface the edges of the table, the chair, the window and the painting: I simply captured, with a gaze, the reflection of that familiar place, of those objects in that moment”.