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Jessica Carroll
green malachite horsetail, as-relief sculpturer on white marble, also to hang

2022

About the Item

Jessica Carroll is an Italo- American sculptor (b. 1961), member of an artistic family (her father was a painter, her mother a writer and her grandfather directed the movie Totò, Peppino e la Malafemmina). According to the own declaration she has been an all-around artist “since she was born”. Carroll is an extremely versatile artist, able to express herself through many different medium. Essentially she is a sculptor of nature and every work by her is guided by a scientific research. This is the case of “Equiseto”: a pure and elegant piece of art worked by subtraction and addition. On a white piece of marble, Carroll has set a malachite and imprinted the mark of an ancient vegetale species, the Equisetum. Present since the Palaeozoic Era, the Equisetum is the only living genus of the entire family Equisetidae and is classified as a “living fossil”. Its distinctive feature is that it reproduces by spores rather than seeds. Combined with the malachite, a mineral which name comes from the Greek "malake" – meaning "mallow" as it is reminiscent of the colour of the plant's leaves – Carroll's work of art resonates as an amplification of nature.
  • Creator:
    Jessica Carroll (1961, Italian)
  • Creation Year:
    2022
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 11.82 in (30 cm)Width: 11.82 in (30 cm)Depth: 1.19 in (3 cm)
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  • Gallery Location:
    Milan, IT
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU431313826022

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