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Arcipèlago is happy to present a new exhibition of works on paper. A collection of twenty-two watercolors specifically realized for the Italian winemaker @scarbolo_grave for their new bottle’s labels, in collaboration with the studio Designwork.
Scarbolo is based in the region of Friuli in North East of Italy. With their work, they wish to share the most authentic character of their lands, in all its forms. Therefore, they invited me to create the watercolors reproduced on each bottle. This series of artworks on paper can be seen as a return to the origins, to the simple beauty of a landscape that keeps in itself so many myths, lights, and tones. A resistance to civilization and domestication. A metaphor for how wine gradually reveals, step by step, its complex character, hinting at its most indomitable spirit.
As the title “Areore” evokes — a jubilant cry of the traveler who after a long trip abroad returns home and is served with good wine — this exhibition is a colorful and joyful celebration of the drink of Gods and of those who create it.

Installation photographs by @matteo_lavazza_seranto