Berger des troupeaux de vers à bois : Gianfranco Baruchello et l'élevage des anubidés

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  • Gianlorenzo Chiaraluce Università degli Studi “La Sapienza” di Roma

Résumé

The main subject of this paper is Allevamento di tarli a partire da un chilo di zucchero in forma di torrone (Breeding of woodworms from a kilo of sugar in the form of nougat), a peculiar artwork by Gianfranco Baruchello dated between 1974 and 1988, useful to clarify its relationship with the animal and minimal entities such as insects. Today the artwork appears as a modestly sized wooden box, covered on the front by a sheet of glass, inside which is another wooden box containing a packet of nougat and a sheet of paper with notes written by the artist. Actually, Baruchello had initially placed the sweets in the box in order to carry out an experiment focused on the mutation of the object in a given time lapse. Only later he realised the presence of unexpected guests: an autogenous community of anubids had begun to populate the reduced space of the container, as they were attracted by the source of nourishment found in it. This contribution aims therefore to reconstruct, through a study of the sources preserved in the Baruchello Foundation in Rome, the genesis and conformation of the aforementioned artwork, analysing more specifically the creative relationship that Baruchello entertained with the animal community.

Biographie de l'auteur

Gianlorenzo Chiaraluce, Università degli Studi “La Sapienza” di Roma

Gianlorenzo Chiaraluce is currently carrying out a doctoral project at the University of Rome La Sapienza, about the study of animal presences in contemporary Italian art history. In the same university, he obtained with distinction his Bachelor's degree in Art-Historical Studies and his Master's degree in Art History. During his master's degree, he also took part in the University's Excellence Program and attended the Department of Art Management at Yeditepe University in Istanbul. Over the years, he has also collaborated with various institutions, such as the MACRO Museum and the Baruchello Foundation. He has produced scientific publications and joined conferences about the relationship between contemporary art and animals and transnational connections between Italy and the United States.

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2022-12-01

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Chiaraluce, G. (2022). Berger des troupeaux de vers à bois : Gianfranco Baruchello et l’élevage des anubidés. Elephant & Castle, (27). Consulté à l’adresse https://elephantandcastle.unibg.it/index.php/eac/article/view/208

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