The work of Lorenzo Vitturi isn’t all that easy to categorise. The Venetian has one foot in the photography camp, another in the sculpture camp, and an unexpected third foot dipping a toe into performance. In keeping with his previous work, A Dalston Anatomy is a mixture of all three, bringing together character, object and place in a highly offbeat manner.
The collection is the result of some scavenging sessions around the Ridley Road Market – the daily market has a strong representation of Asian, African, Caribbean and Mediterranean goods, but Vitturi has been more concerned with the detritus that is left behind rather than buying up artisanal crafts to use in his work. The artist, who divides his time between the Dalston neighbourhood and Milan, isn’t the first to comment on the impermanence of human life with mouldy old fruit, but this is certainly a novel presentation; his makeshift sculptures look on the point of collapse as the flesh rots away, but they remain preserved for posterity by the photograph as a document. Vitturi’s rubbish (but excellent) sculpture, accompanied by a cast of de-faced local characters, is being exhibited at The Photographer’s Gallery until 19 October, and is also on sale in book form.
Lorenzo Vitturi
Pink #1 & 2, 2013
Lorenzo Vitturi
Hairy orange, yellow balloons and rotten camote #2, 2013
Lorenzo Vitturi
Multicolor #1, 2013
Lorenzo Vitturi
Yellow Chalk #1 & 2, 2013
Lorenzo Vitturi
Installation Image, 2014
© Kate Elliott
Lorenzo Vitturi
Plastic Bue #1 & 2, 2013
Lorenzo Vitturi
Green Stripes #1, 2013
