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Jacques-Louis David, La Mort de Marat [The Death of Marat], 1793
Collection of Royal Museum of Fine Arts of Belgium.
Francesco Arena
Cassetta (bianca), 2026white bronze63 x 31 x 45 cmCopyright The ArtistFurther images
Francesco Arena's 'Cassetta (bianca)' is the three-dimensional realisation of the wooden box that is the focal centrepiece of Jaques-Louis David's 1793 painting La Mort de Marat. In the painting, this...Francesco Arena's 'Cassetta (bianca)' is the three-dimensional realisation of the wooden box that is the focal centrepiece of Jaques-Louis David's 1793 painting La Mort de Marat. In the painting, this old wooden parallelepiped is used by the murdered Marat as a holder for the papers and inkwell he used to write while immersed in the bath. David's painting is preserved at Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique. The mirror-polished bronze sculpture reflects everything around the work by sucking it into it, making it almost invisible.--
Cassetta è la realizzazione tridimensionale della cassetta di legno centro focale del dipinto La Mort de Marat di Jaques-Louis David del 1793, nel dipinto questo parallelepipedo di legno vecchio viene utilizzato dal Marat assassinato come supporto per i fogli e il calamaio che utilizzava per scrivere mentre era immerso nella vasca da bagno. Il dipinto di David è conservato presso Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique. La scultura in bronzo lucidato a specchio riflette tutto ciò che è intorno all’opera risucchiandolo all’interno di questa rendendola quasi invisibile.
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