FILIPPO TINCOLINI SPACEMAN SCULPTURE

“Spaceman" stands out as an emblem of a profound duality: humanity's insatiable desire to cross the threshold of the cosmic unknown merges with the inescapable call of our earthly origins.

 

The work perfectly embodies the artistic vision of Filippo Tincolini, a sculptor from Carrara, whose art tells us “of a stifled and crushed society but also of its determination and struggles.” 

 

In the Spaceman leaves and flowers emerge from the surface revealing a vitality that transcends the boundaries of the technological fabric of the spacesuit, a reminder not to lose sight of our essence as we project ourselves into the abstract dimensions of space exploration. Powerful metaphor for the interdependence between human aspiration and environmental roots. 

 

Tincolini challenges us: in an age of unprecedented technological progress, can we really consider ourselves separate from the natural world that gave us life? Art thus becomes not only a reflection but also a testimony to the need for a balance between turning our gaze to the stars and keeping our feet firmly planted in the earth that sustains us.

Earth is our homeland - the artist seems to tell us. “Each of us has our own genealogy and our own Earth identity card. Each of us comes from Earth, is of Earth, is on Earth. We belong to the Earth that belongs to us.”

 

Marble is the material of choice for Filippo Tincolini “I think of marble as a silent witness of human history. - says the artist - It has seen life and death, known the triumphs and falls of great powers. It has felt the pain and fear in those who have faced its resistance. He is part of this land, and when I work it, I feel his heart beating next to mine. Marble is the starting point, the beginning of a deep dialogue between my creativity and the force of nature.”

 

All of Filippo Tincolini's works are made of marble, but the Spaceman also becomes “Spaceman Shine” The astronaut, an emblem of pop culture and a synthesis of technological progress and sci-fi adventures, is represented not only with candid marble but also through resins, fluorescent colors (Yellow, Light Blue, Fuchsia) and a “shine” aura.

The astronaut, transfigured in these new guises, becomes a vibrant emblem of pop culture.

 

This sculpture, through its medium and aesthetic, speaks the language of the current era, an era defined by visual immediacy. The fluorescent color not only captures the eye but also invokes the dynamism and energy of contemporary culture, reflecting the way technology illuminates and sometimes overpowers our natural world.

 

The fluorescent paint that covers “Spaceman Shine” is also a reference to starlight, to the light signals that traverse the cosmos, and to the ephemeral nature of fame itself. In this sense, “Spaceman Shine” stands as a work that, while retaining the themes of the series - the relationship between the human and the natural, exploration and discovery - seeks new dimensions of meaning, boldly inserting itself into the cultural dialogue of contemporary art.