The Italian Dream Sculpture

THE SMILE – the element that encapsulates and encompasses the deepest meaning of the figure of Berlusconi is without a doubt the smile, the ever-present smile, the smile as a message that “pierces” through the screen straight to the heart of the public, instilling them with the warmth of optimism and faith. The smile sits on Berlusconi’s face like the enigma on the masks of the pharaohs. His head is tilted to the left and alludes to the figure’s obsessive aversion to the progressive political culture that Berlusconi always referred to as communism tout court. However, the function that it fulfils is to conceal, at first glance, the blissful serenity of the face, so as to provoke a feeling of confusion in the spectator between the sanctity of the vessel (the shrine) and the somewhat prosaic behaviour of the content (the body). In reality, the most attentive observer will be able to make out the expression of the face in the reflection on the glass on the shrine, but will, however, find their own “portrait” superimposed on it in a short-circuit of involuntary identification. The smile, therefore, will unequivocally ward off the idea of death, suggesting instead the image of someone sleeping, and the observer will almost be moved to wonder if he is breathing.

Sculpture:Wax on Other

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:0.4 W x 0.4 H x 1 D in

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