Luciano Fabro
Galleria Christian Stein | Milan
The announcement for Luciano Fabro’s exhibition read, “Computers di Luciano Fabro . . . Caramelle di Nadežda Mandel’štam” (Luciano Fabro’s computers . . . Nadezhda Mandelstam’s candies). The two phrases, presented like a book title, were connected by an open ellipsis. Fabro’s hand can be recognized in the subtle and continuous irregular mark that is his signature. It is a line that registers the amplitude of the arm, but also contains a double movement, rising and falling, revealing a relationship.
It is a relationship of love, a love that has tied Fabro to the great Russian poet, Osip Mandelstam,