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Catalogo 2011 (PDF)

Labyrinth Factory

Four polyptychs, each in four pieces, painted on the back, side edge, and hinged as a folding screen, on rotating wheels

1 Minotaur
Four pieces 120 x 220 x 5 cm,
connected by three hinges 5 x 220 x 0.8,
in total 495 x 220 x 5 cm

II Theseus
Four pieces 120 x 220 x 5 cm,
connected by three hinges 5 x 220 x 0.8,
in total 495 x 220 x 5 cm

III Ariadne
Four pieces 120 x 220 x 5 cm,
connected by three hinges 5 x 220 x 0.8,
in total 495 x 220 x 5 cm

IV Dionysius
Four pieces 120 x 220 x 5 cm,
connected by three hinges 5 x 220 x 0.8,
in total 495 x 220 x 5 cm

Dimensions of all four works when closed:
220 x 120 x 20 cm,
weight 80 kg,
total weight 320 kg

Materials:
fir veneer, medium densit wood, aluminium, white black and red enamel, synthetic pigment, polyurethane pigment, gold and silver in leaf and dust.

Elements included:
cut-out metal sheets,
gold 850,
silver 925,
copper,
iron,
4.6 x 3.4 included in the polyptychs

I, II, III, IV:
four cut-out metal sheets,
copper, 4.6 x 3.4 cm, copper, 4.6 x 3.4 cm,
four cut-out metal sheets,
divided vertically,
combinable,
copper, 4.6 x 3.4;
four cut-out metal sheets,
divided horizontally,
combinable,
copper, 4.6 x 3.4;
a diamond;
Coin I: made in silver 925,
covered in gold 1000,
diameter 2.9 cm,
thickness 2.9 mm,
weight 9.53,
inserted in polyptych II, “Theseus”

Studies 1978 – 2000
Folding screens, Sinusoid, Sign, Sinus, Cast, Sphere, Spiral, Silences, Discs, construction and architectural drawings, Topiké, Topiary, Tekné: seventy studies on paper with pencil, coloured pastels, graphite dust, black ink, sepia ink, collages, photographic and digital images, from 8 x8 cm to 70 x 50 cm

Models 1978 – 1989
Labyrinth A, 1978

Sixteen polyptychs: rectilinear and curved in four or six pieces, recto-verso, hinged as a folding screen, scale 1:10 Materials: painted cardboard (destroyed)

Labyrinth B, 1996
Fourteen rectilinear polyptychs: in four or six pieces, painted on all sides, hinged as a folding screen, scale 1:10
Eleven polyptychs: in four pieces, 11 x 19cm, in total 45 x 19cm
Three polyptychs: in six modules, 11 x 19 cm, in total 67.5 x 19 cm
Materials: cardboard, paper, canvas, black ink, black tempera, gold

Labyrinth C, 1989
Eleven polyptychs: rectilinear and curved in four or six pieces, recto-verso, hinged as a folding screen, scale 1:10
A spiral: three fragments h 20 cm, linear dimension 200 cm
Twenty–four Signs: twelve curved fragments diameter 10 cm; twelve straight fragments 12 cm
Materials: cardboard, paper, canvas, photographic, silver and reflective paper

Labyrinth D, 2005
Four polyptychs, each in four pieces scale 1:10,
sixteen panels 12 x 22 x 0,5 cm;
thirty-two photographic prints

Factory 1990
Monterotondo, Settebagni (Roma)
Concept, project, painting: Dario Serra
Assistants:Roberto Tifi, Sinforiana Carreto Martin
Construction:Adelio Agnolet Carpentry
Lacquer:Vespa Sons, Romana Lac
Gold-leafing:Sinforiana Carreto Martin
Cut-out Shapes:Roberto Tifi
Hinges:Vincenzo Cascelli
Pigments:Sherwin Williams
Paper:Milani Fabriano
Production:Sinforiana Carreto Martin

Thanks to:
Montanari carpentry
Angelo Nardoni

SET
Rome
1990

Directed by Dario Serra
Assistants: Roberto Tifi, Sinforiana Carreto Martin
Photography: Antonio Puzzutiello, Marc Thomas

Thanks to:
Mario Apolloni, Rondanini Gallery, Rome
Pieraldo Vola and sons
Pasquale De Bellis
4LR MMDC

Laboratory
Rome 2000 – 2005

Virtual projects and installations
Directed by Dario Serra

Thanks to:
Pascucci and Pulcinni, Associated Architects
Gabriele De Giorgi

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