Gallery Libby Sellers continue to exhibit works of the utmost quality and refinement, with the new collection from
Studio Formafantasma......
"....
an
investigation into the culture of lava in the Mount Etna and Stromboli regions
of Sicily, two of the last active volcanoes in Europe.
Formafantasma questions the link between tradition and
local culture and the relationship between objects and the idea of cultural
heritage. De Natura Fossilium is a project that refuses to accept locality as
touristic entertainment. Instead, the work of Formafantasma is a different
expedition in which the landscape is not passively contemplated but restlessly
sampled, melted, blown, woven, cast and milled. From the more familiar use of
basalt stone to their extreme experiments with lava in the production of glass
and the use of volcanic fibers for textile, Formafantasma’s explorations and
the resulting objects realise the full potential of the lava as a material for
design."
