Arnold Mario Dall’O
∗1960, Italy
lives and works in Merano, Italy
Arnold Mario Dall'O is an artist who knows how to deal with many artistic media and forms of expression and does not want to be tied down to one technique or form of presentation. His drawings and book illustrations, his paintings, sculptures and installations draw on a profound knowledge of art and cultural history and confront the viewer with current socio-political and social issues, coupled with considerations critical of media and consumption. Dall'O is well acquainted with exhibiting art beyond institutional frameworks, as this is a decisive aspect and drive of his work. Thus we encounter his artworks in the urban environment, on the street or in an underground car park, in public buildings such as the South Tyrolean Landhaus, shops, banks or hotels, but also in the great outdoors. The artwork by Arnold Mario Dall'O is a suggestive work of emotional density and sensual power - and already visible from afar. On a four-metre-high wooden lath scaffolding is a large head, on whose forehead sits a small monkey in a crouching position. Dall'O's work shows us a very different way of dealing with the material wood. The tower with the raw wooden pallets stands in a tense contrast to the sculpturally "traditionally" shaped light wooden sculpture. Water runs out of the eyes of the oversized head, the head is symbolically inclined towards the mountain peaks. Man's view of nature and especially of the mountains is a cultural-historical phenomenon that has been a space of imagination for longings, ideas and images for centuries. The inhospitable nature of the mountains is feared and fascinated, the mountains are romanticised and appropriated for tourism. But most of the time, according to Dall'O, the mountains remain only a projection surface for man's desires, the fulfilment of which rarely occurs. The artist plays with the environment of the pedestrian zone and the impressive view, with people's longing and the beauty of the mountains. Melancholy resonates, Dall'O makes his sculpture cry. The water leaves traces on the head and pallets, but especially the wind and weather will permanently change the colour and shape of the wood in the course of the exhibition.
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