Giacomo Ravagli Tolu Bommalatam

Giacomo Ravagli’s Open Vein collection comprises light sculptures that express the beauty of hand-carved stone. The stone base of Ravagli’s Tolu Bommalatam is sculpted into radical angles. Setting a contract with the stone, he creates rules upon how he will reduce its natural form into an angular final shape, which is as focused on negative space as much as positive. The artist always works outdoors, using the Italian sun as his primary tool. The intense light helps him see the textures of the stone’s surface, and he uses the stark shadows to visualise sightlines and perspectives.