Contenitore (con pietra levigata), 1987

Galvanised sheet metal and polished stone
190 × 65 × 65 cm

Installazione al Castello di Rivara

Naturalness and artifice
Cavenago relates a round stone, taken from the bed of a river, and an irregular parallelepiped made of galvanised sheet metal. The "geometric" solid, symbol of artifice, stands out vertically and rests its angled end directly on the plant, the balance is supported only by the round stone which, by virtue of its sphericity, seems to give the object a possibility of escape rather than stability.
The movement
It will be the reflection on this opportunity that will mark an important part of the first phase of his research: to give the static nature of the 'statue' a possibility of movement. An intuition that so far has nothing to do with kineticism and that more simply questions the possibilities of an archetype of material culture: the wheel. He transforms it from a motor prosthesis into an instrument for modifying the perception of three-dimensional art, creating a consolidated but 'transportable' space, a feature that undermines that cornerstone of artistic praxis that wants the observer in contemplation of the motionless work.
Luigi Di Corato, 2003

Contenitore (con pietra levigata), 1987

Galvanised sheet metal and polished stone
190 × 65 × 65 cm

Installazione al Castello di Rivara

Naturalness and artifice
Cavenago relates a round stone, taken from the bed of a river, and an irregular parallelepiped made of galvanised sheet metal. The "geometric" solid, symbol of artifice, stands out vertically and rests its angled end directly on the plant, the balance is supported only by the round stone which, by virtue of its sphericity, seems to give the object a possibility of escape rather than stability.
The movement
It will be the reflection on this opportunity that will mark an important part of the first phase of his research: to give the static nature of the 'statue' a possibility of movement. An intuition that so far has nothing to do with kineticism and that more simply questions the possibilities of an archetype of material culture: the wheel. He transforms it from a motor prosthesis into an instrument for modifying the perception of three-dimensional art, creating a consolidated but 'transportable' space, a feature that undermines that cornerstone of artistic praxis that wants the observer in contemplation of the motionless work.
Luigi Di Corato, 2003