Marco Zanini had the idea to narrate stories via a show of hand painted ceramics and he called upon Massimo Giacon for help. Once, when there was no television and no Internet, painted vases told stories. Now it is far more complicated, international, global, fast and competitive, and reasoning has become much more difficult. But ceramics, with their ancient immobility and indifference, with the simplicity of baked clay, can today provide a medium for telling stories of our contemporary life - beyond the immediate consumption of news that leaves us in reality impermeable to any event. Zanini and Giacon attempt to penetrate their existing reality. Although always motivated by an ever more digital, virtual, obsolete world, these artists give us a humble vase of baked and painted clay as a means of halting the image for an instant and allowing ourselves a little time. Born in Northern Italy in 1954, designer and architect Marco Zanini is a graduate of the University of Florence. He is currently partner and managing director of Sottsass Associates in Milan. Independently, Zanini designs ceramics, jewelry, furniture and objects in blown glass. Born in Padua in 1961, Massimo Giacon is a multifaceted artist who has been cartooning for over a decade. He is at present very active in various fields, including painting, comics, object design, and music.

"Mandragora"

20x15"

"Technophilia"

15x10"

"Ming For The Year 2000"

29x15"

O.J. Simpson Trial

8x12"

More Human Than Human

15x13"

Dossier Roswell

16x16"

Remember Mururoa

11x12"