Art & collection

A home thatbecame a gallery

The paintings were not chosen to match the furniture. They accumulated, the way work does in the house of the person making it, until there was no clear wall left and they began climbing towards the ceiling.

What follows is simply what is on the walls and in the cabinets. Where a title, size and medium have been recorded, they appear beneath the work. Where they have not, the painting is shown without a caption rather than with one written for it.

On the walls

The paintings

Most are oils, worked thickly enough that the surface catches the light and changes through the day. Some are abstract, some turn figurative, and they hang close together in the manner of a salon rather than spaced along a wall.

Giovedì Santo — oil on canvas — 50 × 70 cm by Benedetto Spadaro — Giovedì Santo50 × 70 cmOil on canvas€3,000

Alba o tramonto — oil on wood — 150 × 50 cm by Benedetto Spadaro — Alba o tramonto150 × 50 cmOil on wood€4,000

Senza titolo — oil on canvas — 50 × 70 cm by Benedetto Spadaro — Senza titolo50 × 70 cmOil on canvas€3,000

La cattedrale di San Giorgio a Vienna — oil on canvas — 30 × 40 cm by Benedetto Spadaro — La cattedrale di San Giorgio a Vienna30 × 40 cmOil on canvas€2,500

Inquietudine — oil on canvas — 50 × 70 cm by Benedetto Spadaro — Inquietudine50 × 70 cmOil on canvas€3,000

Nudo di donna — oil on canvas — 20 × 40 cm by Benedetto Spadaro — Nudo di donna20 × 40 cmOil on canvas€2,500

I colori dell'anima n°4 — oil on canvas — 20 × 30 cm by Benedetto Spadaro — I colori dell'anima n°420 × 30 cmOil on canvas€3,000

La rocca di Tolfa — oil on canvas — 30 × 40 cm by Benedetto Spadaro — La rocca di Tolfa30 × 40 cmOil on canvas€3,000

Nella dimensione dell'essere tutto converge nell'eternità, nella dimensione dell'avere tutto converge nella corruzione

Benedetto SpadaroTranslationIn the dimension of being, everything converges in eternity; in the dimension of having, everything converges in corruption.

Assembled

The installations

Alongside the paintings are a number of assembled pieces. Each carries a title the artist gave it, and is listed here under that title.

Roslyn l'unico apparecchio in grado di ricucire i nostri dissidi — installation by Benedetto Spadaro — Roslyn l'unico apparecchio in grado di ricucire i nostri dissidiInstallation€3,000

Nella vita non conta la distribuzione dei volumi, dei carichi e dei pesi, l'importante è raggiungere l'equilibrio — installation by Benedetto Spadaro — Nella vita non conta la distribuzione dei volumi, dei carichi e dei pesi, l'importante è raggiungere l'equilibrioInstallation€5,000

Microscopio per scrutare la nostra anima — installation by Benedetto Spadaro — Microscopio per scrutare la nostra animaInstallation€3,000

Collezione di pianeti — installation by Benedetto Spadaro — Collezione di pianetiInstallation€1,000

Living with it

None of it is roped off. Cook, spread a map on the green table, put your glass down — carefully — and let the walls do what they do. The best hour is late afternoon, when the light comes through the shutters at an angle and the thick paint starts throwing its own shadows.

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The living room with the sofa bed made up, a green covered table and paintings filling the wall above