Christian Loretti

From 7 November to 13 December / Karol Wojtyła Airport

The biography
Christian Loretti’s practice moves along the fine line between nature’s ancestral memory and the industrial technology of materials. 
The artist chose aluminium not as a mere support or an inexpensive alternative to traditional metals, but as the expressive core of his artistic vision. 

Key aspects of his work with aluminium: 
Monumentality and Archaic Solidity: In his large-scale works, such as the monumental *Spiga dorsale* (2013), which stands two and a half metres tall, Loretti bends aluminium—a metal widely known for its lightness and modernity—to evoke a primordial solidity, recalling the weight and gravity of ancient bronze sculptures. 

Organic Transposition: Loretti’s formal exploration begins with the observation of natural and organic elements he has collected or encountered: bone fragments found by the sea, plant forms such as *Torsolo*, and marshland wildlife such as *Cavalieri*. These finds are transformed in form and magnified in scale through the use of metal. 

Dialogue Between Light and Matter: The aluminium shaped by Loretti captures and reflects light in a distinctive way, giving its surfaces a shifting shimmer that moves between industrial metallic reflections and the rough, almost fossil-like patina of stone or wood weathered by time. 

Mediterranean Radicalism: His technique shapes the metal to create a visual tension that brings together the culture of the machine age and the profound resonances of the Mediterranean. Through this rigorous and visionary approach, Loretti has freed aluminium from its purely industrial function, elevating it into a living, pulsating material for contemporary sculpture