Moving between photography and material experimentation, Diego Baldoin questions what is commonly perceived as ‘truth,’ prompting a reflection on the meaning, or meaninglessness, of human existence. His works take shape through a layered process: digitally manipulated photographs become the basis...
Read MoreMoving between photography and material experimentation, Diego Baldoin questions what is commonly perceived as ‘truth,’ prompting a reflection on the meaning, or meaninglessness, of human existence. His works take shape through a layered process: digitally manipulated photographs become the basis for painted compositions on polyethylene sheets, which are then sealed under epoxy resin, encasing the human figures within. Their movements appear constrained and rigid, as if imprisoned.
This sense of powerlessness is intensified by the artist’s deliberate bending of the resin slabs. The transparency of the resin enters into dialogue with painted elements like inflatable plastic structures or glass bricks, which refract and contain light, softening contours and evoking dreamlike atmospheres. He plays with optical effects that suggest a filtered gaze, a distorted perception reinforced by the titles, which underscore the threshold between the tangible and the elusive, between what can be touched and what remains beyond grasp. Baldoin’s poetics of disorientation is fuelled by ambiguity and estrangement, grounded in the awareness of living in a world of simulacra, a theatre of imposed roles.
His solo exhibitions include Clonazioni at Galleria Bianca Maria Rizzi, Milan, and A Game at Tobox, Turin. Group exhibitions and awards include Arte Laguna Prize, Arsenale, Venice, Paratissima Talents, Castello di Novara, and Art Gemini Prize, Asia House, London.
