"Italy" by Alessandro Padovan

"Italy", a 3D work featuring plastic hand-painted soldiers by Alessandro Padovan.

• Series of 20 pieces
• Year: 2020
• Dimensions: H30 x L30 x P6 cm
• Numbered and signed

Signature and certificate of authenticity on back.

Serial number may differ from that in the photos.

Alessandro Padovan (born in 1983) is a self-taught artist who graduated with a Mechanical Technician degree. He began his art career in 2012 as part of a duo by the name of Drill Monkeys Art Duo and then continued solo starting in January 2017. He uses an alternative technique: self-tapping screws and acrylic paint on panels.

His work springs from a need to give three-dimensionality to artwork and ironically break the boundary that separates painting from sculpture. The screws, inserted to varying degrees, create different levels through which his subjects take form.

This Screw Art technique is not well known, but in the last 7 years Alessandro has displayed his works in Galleries, Auction Houses, and Art Fairs in Italy and abroad, as well as at important Benefit Gala Events.

The originality of this work lies in the technique and the three-dimensional effect obtained by screwing in common screws to varying depths and then painting over them to transform them into a contemporary sculpted and painted artwork.