una pietra sopra | Marco Cordero

books and stone

2024/2026

cm 45x40x35

The main element in Marco Cordero's sculptures is a book, a real book, which the artist appropriates but reworks: excavated, burned, torn from its function as a book. In his work, the book becomes a living organism, an assemblage of materials that, thanks to their combination, acquire a vital structure. In this series of works, Marco Cordero links the destiny of his books to rock, stone, and marble. This combination gives rise to surprising hybrids: books as rocks or rocks as books.
Cordero's works manifest as open zones, narrating shadows of words and profound meanings. The books, rendered almost unreadable, become both material and a medium of expression, with evocative titles that suggest the infinite nuances and ambiguities of language.