Morte di un bambino in bicicletta (writing with Pechan prisms)

1997

37 × 39 cm / 14.56 × 15.35 in

Photo: Alessandra Sofia

Unique exemplar

 

DEATH OF A BOY ON A BICYCLE

(with Alessandra and Simone) / first real upside-down day / at the entrance to the academy / I am approached by a boy on a bicycle: / “are those infrared ray glasses?” / NO – GAMMA RAYS / now, die, boy on a bicycle

English translation by Steve Piccolo

Exhibitions:
1997: Roberto Cuoghi / Alberta Pellacani, Spazio Aperto, GAM –
Galleria d’Arte Moderna di Bologna, Bologna

2006: EGOmania: Just When I Think I’ve Understood… / Appena ho capito d’aver capito…, Galleria Civica di Modena and Palazzo Santa Margherita – Palazzina dei Giardini, Modena

2010: 21 x 21: 21 artisti per il 21° secolo + Alberto Garutti, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin

2015: Liberi Tutti! Arte e società in Italia 1989–2001, Museo Ettore Fico, Turin

2017: Perla Pollina 1996-2016, Centre d'art Contemporain Genève, Geneva
[Traveled to MADRE, Naples]