Biography
Davide Stucchi
Vimercate 1988
Lives in Milan
Davide Stucchi’s sculptures are the result of minimal actions that describe the vulnerability of objects, proposing the deconstruction of the chauvinistic ideal, also through a sculptural methodology that does not reside in the productive effort.
In the spaces of the Palazzo delle Esposizioni’s walkway, Stucchi presents Light Switch (The Guy Next Door) (2020), a reflection on the perennial movements of precarious lives. The installation consists of neon lights rolled up in packaging material, a group of lamps emblematic of Italian design distributed in a disorderly manner, and electrical wires left visible that draw paths on the floors and walls. The title evokes further narrative fragments and calls into question a possible charming neighbor, suggesting close encounters and sexual tension. The works, half-hidden by their wrappings, feed on darkness and on the possibilities it offers, exposing its domestic dimension in the public transition space.