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Luca Monterastelli; Weightless

Oh Alley, Oh Alley,
Why Aren’t You Blessed From the Sun That Irradiated the Valley?

Oh Seagulls, Oh Seagulls,
Who’s Gonna Take Care of Our Skulls?

Oh Morning Dew, Oh Morning Dew,
How Can You Spit on Something That You Won’t Chew?

Luca Monterastelli; Weightless
installation view at "Weightless" solo show at Lia Rumma gallery, Napoli - All the picture are by Danilo Donzelli, except the * one
Luca Monterastelli; Weightless

Oh Loving One, Oh Loving One,
We Won’t Miss You When You’ll Be Done

Oh Sudden Fears, Oh Sudden Fears,
Where Are the Bones of All My Dears?

Oh Mammal Instinct, Oh Brother Instinct,
Why Are You  Still Scared to Be Linked

Luca Monterastelli; Weightless

Oh Tied Shoelace, Oh Tied Shoelace,
We’ll Find out Where the Bullet Lays

Oh Sad Desire, Oh Sad Desire,
but They Can’t Find No One to Admire

Luca Monterastelli; Weightless

Oh Great Grief, Oh Great Grief,
There Are No Flowers Upon Our Graves

Oh I See You’re Trying, All This Smiling,
to Do What? Save Yourself by Lying?

Luca Monterastelli; Weightless
"Oh Mammal Instinct, Oh Brother Instinct, Why Are You  Still Scared to Be Linked", reinforced concrete, cm 100x200x8, 2020
Luca Monterastelli; Weightless
"Oh I See You’re Trying, All This Smiling, to Do What? Save Yourself by Lying?"*, reinforced concrete, cm 70x50x8, 2020

Oh Bad Home, Oh Bad Home,
We Weren’t Ready to Be Gone

Oh Stone, Oh Dumb Stone,
of Which Big Body 're You the Bone?

Luca Monterastelli; Weightless
from left: “Oh Frozen Breath, Oh Frozen Breath, You Went Away When They Were Beating Me to Death”, reinforced concrete, 150x100x8, 2020; “Oh Ma’ Belle, Oh My Beau, Why Can’t He Have Three Good Things in a Row?”; “Oh Happy Whore, Oh Happy Whore, They Still Don’t Know How to Adore”; “Oh Little Girl, Oh Clumsy Girl, You Know You Won’t Hide Behind Your Curl” terracotta and steel, variable dimensions, 2020
Luca Monterastelli; Weightless

Oh Scared Metal, Oh Scared Metal,
Too Many Times I Watched It Fall, Your Blue Petal

Oh Sad Desire, Oh Sad Desire,
but They Can’t Find No One to Admire

Oh Moment of Sadness, Oh Sad Moment,
Why We Feel Bad to Want Back Our Gladness?

Luca Monterastelli; Weightless

Oh Ma’ Belle, Oh My Beau,
Why Can’t He Have Three Good Things in a Row?

Oh Happy Whore, Oh Happy Whore,
They Still Don’t Know How to Adore

Oh Little Girl, Oh Clumsy Girl,
You Know You Won’t Hide Behind Your Curl

Luca Monterastelli; Weightless
On the left: “Oh Waves, Oh Waves, Whisper Me Again the Sad People Weeps”, reinforced concrete, 90x60x7, 2020. On the right:”Oh Black Trail, Oh Black Trail, We Aren’t Used to All Those Thrills”, reinforced concrete, 40x30x7, 2020
Luca Monterastelli; Weightless
"Oh Steel, Oh Gentle Steel, We’re Lucky That We Have You to Seal the Deal", steel, cm 70x100x5, 2020 *
Luca Monterastelli; Weightless

Oh Waves, Oh Waves,
Whisper Me Again the Sad People Weeps

Oh Chrome, Oh Precious Chrome,
What We Have It’s Just Seafoam

Oh Me, Oh Me,
What Should We Do to Who Disagrees?

Luca Monterastelli; Weightless

Oh Dear Sulfur, Dear Sulfur,
Aren’t You the Top of All Our Culture?

Oh Poor Us, Oh Poor Us,
How We Will Rest After All This Fuss?

Oh Sorrow, Oh Sorrow,
Now We Understand That There Is No Morrow

Luca Monterastelli; Weightless
"Oh Chrome, Oh Precious Chrome, What We Have It’s Just Seafoam"*, steel,chrome and majella stone, variable dimensions, 2020
Luca Monterastelli; Weightless
"Oh Chrome, Oh Precious Chrome, What We Have It’s Just Seafoam"*, detail
Luca Monterastelli; Weightless

Oh Gold, Oh Gold,
They Are Trying to Make Your Mould!

Oh Queasy Idol, Queasy Idol,
You Are the Very Reason That Makes Us Idle

Luca Monterastelli; Weightless
"Oh Queasy Idol, Queasy Idol, You Are the Very Reason That Makes Us Idle"*, tropicalized steel, cm 100x150x5, 2020
Luca Monterastelli; Weightless

Oh Yellow Wraith, Oh Yellow Wraith,
I Can Count Us up Just to Eight

Oh Bright Bethyl, Oh Great Bethyl,
We Can See You When We Breathe Our Methyl

Oh Spark, Oh Lovely Spark,
You Only Are the Bright Among All This Dark

Luca Monterastelli; Weightless
"Oh Yellow Wraith, Oh Yellow Wraith, I Can Count Us up Just to Eight"*, tropicalized steel, cm 66x42,5x5,5, 2020
Luca Monterastelli; Weightless

Oh Golden One, Oh Golden One,
Are You Trying to Fool Someone?

Oh Childish Fear, Oh Childish Fear,
My Fingers Can Go Till Four

Luca Monterastelli; Weightless
From left "Oh Gold, Oh Gold, They Are Trying to Make Your Mould!", terracotta and tropicalized steel, cm 170x50x40; "Oh You Last One, Trembling Last One, It’s Just an End and so On", tropicalized steel, cm 100x67x5,5; "Oh Snow Eater, Oh Snow Eater, We Won’t Forgive You Neither", terracotta and tropicalized steel, cm 55x45x40, 2020
Luca Monterastelli; Weightless

Oh Gold, Oh Faux Gold,
I’ve Been Told That Your Bite Is Bitter Cold

Oh Snow Eater, Oh Snow Eater,
We Won’t Forgive You Neither

Oh You Last One, Trembling Last One,
It’s Just an End and so On