Antonio Dalla Valle's soft code

Dalla Valle uses simple objects in his work, objects taken from the everyday life. They are part of the existence of all of us, to tell the same story, always his own tale. These minimal installations, which keep traces of his autobiography and which record some of the most prominent moments of the artist’s life, are paradoxical linguistic-sculpted devices, as they baffle common decoding criteria. The voyeuristic curiosity of the viewer, tricked by the familiarity of the materials, is floored by the obscure and sophisticated nature of the works. These art pieces do not strive to be understood. The artist’s notebooks cannot be explained and the cubes are obscure from every point of view, yet we feel a strong reference to our intimate life.