SCULPTURES
Sculpture, for me, is what happens when an image is no longer enough.
My sculptural work grows from the same impulses that drive my photography and painting — memory, form, the relationship between a figure and the space it inhabits — but it takes those impulses somewhere different. Into three dimensions. Into objects that cast shadows, that occupy a room, that you can walk around.
Some of these works are made from spray-painted hard foam — vivid, coloured forms that carry a deliberate emotional charge. Colour here is not decoration but position: against darkness, against violence, against the weight of a world that too often forgets what freedom looks like. These are joyful objects, and that joy is intentional.
Others begin as photographs — figures, couples, moments — reduced and translated into aluminium, given physical presence in space. They are memories that have stopped being images and become things. Part of the same ongoing investigation into what remains of experience when time and transformation have done their work.
What unites all of these pieces is a refusal to keep the image flat. Sculpture, for me, is the moment when something insists on being more than a surface.
"I am still waiting "
"Le mie frontiere"
Medium : Spray Painted Hard Foam
Size : 120x38 cm
Medium : Spray Painted Hard Foam
Size : 85x80 cm
Wall Sculpture
Wall Sculpture
"Michelle Obama"
"Figure contorte"
Medium : Spray Painted Hard Foam
Size : 200x60 cm
Medium : Spray Painted Hard Foam
Size : 150x150 cm
Wall Sculpture
Wall Sculpture
"Boomerangs "
"Connessioni colorate"
Medium: Spray Painted Hard foam
Size : 65x90 cm
Medium : Spray Painted Hard Foam
Size : 200x70 cm
Wall Sculpture
Wall Sculpture
"L'arrivée du printemps "
"The Japanese couple"
Medium : Wall sculpture - Printed Aluminium
Size : 56x76 cm
Medium : Wall sculpture - Printed Aluminium
Size : 120x95 cm
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"Rotkäppchen"
Size : 100x95 cm
"The shower"
Medium : Wall sculpture - Printed Aluminium
Size : 120x100 cm
Medium : Wall sculpture - Printed Aluminium
"S.O.S #2"
Size : 100x100 cm
"The running girl "
Medium : Wall sculpture - Printed Aluminium
Size : 80x120
Medium : Wall sculpture - Printed Aluminium
"Me in Stratford 2006"
" Weddings & funerals memories"
Medium: Painted aluminium on the wall
Size : 400x300 cm
Medium : Painted aluminium on the wall
Size : 150x300 cm
"My loyalty is disputable "
"S.O.S"
Medium: Painted aluminium on the wall
Size : They vary
Medium : Painted aluminium on the wall
Size : 84x120 cm
"Childhood spring "
"Ricordi di primavere"
Medium: Painted aluminium on the wall
Size : 200x250 cm
Medium : Painted aluminium on the wall
Size : 150x300 cm
About The work
The Sculpture section presents a fascinating dimension of Furio Torracchi's multidisciplinary practice, in which form, surface, and narrative converge to expand the visual experience beyond two dimensions. Drawing on a variety of materials—from spray-painted rigid foam to aluminum and wood murals—these sculptural pieces showcase Torracchi's ongoing exploration of hybridity and conceptual play.
What unites the diverse works on display, from geometric abstractions to figurative wall sculptures, is a careful balance between visual simplicity and expressive meaning. The artist's sculptural vocabulary evokes both minimalist structural rhythms and narrative suggestions, inviting viewers to reflect on how objects assert their presence in space, while remaining in tune with the themes addressed in his paintings and photographic projects.
The sculptural works often serve as visual bridges between two-dimensional imagery and physical form, encouraging a dialogue about surface, materiality, and perception that echoes broader contemporary concerns related to image construction and spatial engagement. In this way, Torracchi positions his sculptural work not only as three-dimensional objects, but as sites of visual inquiry that expand the expressive range of his artistic language.