Sandro Trapani

Trapani reflects on a sense of beauty that is found in memories and experiences. A particular focus is given to the forgotten and the lost.

The recollections of people, places and moments can be nostalgic, even melancholic, and are at times fleeting. Memories become blurred. Remembering them accurately often leads to memory overlap. This overlap can be subtle, and might even go unnoticed, and as a result, the narratives may change, adjusted to suit the way in which we desire to preserve the memory. Over time, there is a sense of the historical but a loss of milieu. The portraits resonate with personal experiences not quite fully recalled. They become archival, reclaiming memories that recall multiple experiences all in a single sculpture.

There is a sense of sadness present in the portraits. Sorrow is suggested though the familiar-yet-less-identifiable elements introduced, such as ancient architecture, or due to the fractured, “dissolving” surfaces presented. The legitimacy of the past fades and a sense of longing comes to the fore.

The portraits Trapani creates are nonspecific, meaning that they are created from many sources and do not represent a single individual. Rather they are accumulations of many different recollections and references– a collection of beautiful but somewhat illusive memories.