The origin of the work made of coloured plastic Bristles, commonly used in the industrial production of household brooms, is based on the idea of the collapse of Modernism: a mass of coloured Bristles, assembled on a support base, becomes a compact and shimmering surface that demonstrates the limited nature of the purely practical and functional use of the object. The form does not respect the function but suggests new optical, tactile and relational possibilities between the work and the viewer. This has led to a large number of works, understood as single pieces, such as the polychromatic compositions of Bristles of different sizes, totem-sculptures, and walkable surfaces. According to different perspectives, when assembled together, the Bristles recall natural landscapes, mountain peaks, arid land, fertile plains, and lunar sceneries. From an object produced as a cleaning device, plastic Bristles are transformed, covering and invading our space, becoming environments to be lived in, to be experienced, to even be walked on and transformed with the weight of our bodies, as suggests the slightly provocative title of the installation created by Pasquali at Tornabuoni Art in London: SCOPAmi.

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Ispirata dalla creatività moderna e dalla innovazione energetica di Melissa, Francesca Pasquali ha pensato a un ambiente site-specific, immersivo e coinvolgente: AranhaBolaColoridas, rievocando nel titolo il luogo, la cultura, la fusione tra natura e tecnologie, che si riuniscono nel brand Melissa.

Metaforicamente, la ragnatela colorata di Francesca Pasquali, esplode nello spazio come una rete, un grembo, un luogo di dialoghi, confronti, connessioni e scambi tra identità, tecnologie, materie plastiche, memorie organiche, potenzialità inesplorate. Ognuno potrà arrampicarsi, toccare, sdraiarsi, immergersi in questa grande trama cromatica, alla ricerca del proprio stare e sentire. Percorsi di gambe, tensioni di braccia, occhi che girano e “toccano” l’ambiente multisensoriale di Francesca Pasquali.

Inspired by the modern creativity and the energizing innovation of Melissa, the artist conceived an immersive and engaging site-specific environment: AranhaBolaColoridas, title that recalls the place, the culture, the fusion between nature and technology that join in Melissa’s brand.

Metaphorically, Francesca Pasquali’s colored cobweb blows up in the space as a net, a lap, a place of dialogue, confrontation, connection and exchange among identities, technologies, plastic materials, organic memories, unexplored potentialities. Anyone can climb, touch, lay down, plunge in this huge chromatic weft, searching for the own being and feeling.

Legs in movement, arms in tension, eyes that turn and “touch” the multisensory environment of Francesca Pasquali.

Melissa’s products, as Francesca’s artworks, are objects in never-ending transformation, gestures that carries identity and personality, tiny wishes that walks the world, moving, changing, transforming. As all of us.

Francesca Pasquali for Salvatore Ferragamo costituisce la seconda tappa dopo Milano di questa installazione ambientale e site-specific realizzata dall’artista per la maison, utilizzando un materiale a lei fondamentale, le setole di plastica colorate, lasciate però nelle loro lunghezze e articolate a creare scenari cangianti per le creazioni di Salvatore Ferragamo. L’utilizzo di congegni meccanici arricchisce di movimento reale l’installazione, in una liaison di energia plastica e cromatica che conferma il dialogo tra arte e moda.

Francesca Pasquali for Salvatore Ferragamo is the second stop after Milan of this environmental and site-specific installation realised by the artist for the design house, using a material that is fundamental to her practice: colourful plastic bristles left at their full length and arranged to create an iridescent setting for the creations of Salvatore Ferragamo. The use of mechanical devices puts the installation in motion, creating a link of plastic and chromatic energy that confirms the dialogue between art and fashion.

Frappa was realised by Francesca Pasquali on the occasion of EXPO 2015 in Milan. The work’s typology recalls the key concept of the event: “Feed the planet”, highlighting the value of bread as the collective food of all peoples. For the realisation of the work, Francesca Pasquali enlisted the help of the Scuola di Alta Cucina, working with students and chefs to prepare each component. The artwork, beyond a simple visual experience, attracts the public with the aroma released by the bread, creating a pluri-sensorial interaction.

In 2015, Francesca Pasquali was one of the selected artists for the sixteenth edition of the Cairo Prize, curated by the Italian monthly magazine Arte. The work presented by the artist is a large environmental sculpture made by slotting blue plastic bristles into an industrial metallic container. The work is conceived as an evolution of the Setole and plays on the capacity for plastic to imitate natural materials – in this case water collected in industrial containers. The work was among the finalists for the prize and was exhibited at the Museo la Permanente in Milan.

Driing is a work realised by Francesca Pasquali for a solo show at the MAR, Museo della Città in Ravenna, 2013, a city known for its mosaics. Made up of hundreds of small colourful bells, the work re-actualises the antique musive practice as it activates before the public, moving and ringing thanks to a sensor and vibrators. Its title evokes the sound of the bells, but it also invites the public to experience an emotional and sensorial awakening.