Sketch for Lay (pulse) of the land. Keystone, 1982 - Imprint, tempera on butcher's paper, 24.8 X 37 cm.

Polso della situazione. Chiave di volta (Pulse of the situation. Keystone)

1983

Plaster cast, tempera and shoe cream

4.5 X 14.5 X 8 cm.

I risked losing my right hand, a favorite instrument of traditional craftsmanship.

If she had gone that way, how could I have become an artist?

How could I have manipulated matter?

Would it still have been possible to make art without tools recognized as essential? Would it still have been possible to have a “gifted hand”?

I began to think and conceive an artistic action without using my hands.