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Thomas Bentivoglio

In this work Thomas Bentivoglio steals flowers from neighborhood backyards to reproduce the smell of his own childhood garden 

The House With the Garden. Essential oil of wisteria, brugmansia and rhynchosperm collected by enfleurage of flowers stolen from private property, diffusion method. Variable Sizes, (2023 - ).

In this work Thomas Bentivoglio goes back to his three hometowns in Italy to reconstruct a personal journal through large scale text projection. 

Lettere, Photographic series. Color filmstrips ordered in a slideshow; featuring original texts projected on buildings and places, 2019.

In this 4 pages text work Thomas Bentivoglio present the original screenplay used to direct 'Last Friday Night' music video by Katy Perry. 

WTF Happened Last Night. Text on Paper, 4 sheets of 59x42cm each. 2024.

In this series Thomas Bentivoglio covers sterile metal surfaces with wall paint and his blood. 

The Color Pink series. White wall paint and artist’s blood on stainless steel surface. 2023.

Ancora 1

This work is made of forty kilograms of broken car windows laid on the floor.

Make a Wish (I wanna be as beautiful as the sea). Broken car windows, variable dimensions, 2022.

In this installation a printer makes fall from the ceiling an algorithmic love poetry every thirty seconds.

LOVE (Doesn't Mean Anything). Algorithm, thermic print paper. 2019.

Each work of this series is made of tinsel decorations collected from past celebrations and parties hosted by the artist.

When The Party is Over (Nothing Gold Can Stay),
Tinsel and stainless steel, 2022.

This work presents words without their context on a pink shade.  

Untitled (The View I Remember),
Giclée print on paper. 2022

In this series of photographs, Thomas Bentivoglio takes an imaginary journey through Google Earth, journaling and collecting pictures of the sky.

Clouds Have No Country, photographic and textual collection documenting a virtual journey through Google Earth. Screenshots via Street View in different locations around the world paired with sentences, 2020.

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