Massimiliano Pipolo

...« dans la salle de bain »...
Massimiliano Pipolo for Fornace

It is in the Pompeian red of the « salle de bain » on the main floor of Palazzo Correnti that Massimiliano Pipolo presents for MDW 2025 / 5VIE an anthological and biographical collection of ceramics and interior objects created for Fornace Ceramics.
To celebrate 10 years of life « together » Massimiliano has selected the most iconographic pieces of the Fornace collections and of his artistic production following as a fil rouge the concept of intimacy, understood above all as « jardin secret », a private, interior place of the soul, known only to us.
The result is a game of references to many other objects forgotten on the shelves of archives and to the forgotten intrinsic memories that they carried with them.
From the amused conversation between these disparate artifacts new and unexpected combinations are born that are linked by their use and meaning to a very specific space and gesture of everyday life: the toilet.
...« dans la salle de bain »... is a collection of furnishing elements dedicated to the ritual of self-care.
Objects that transport us to a secret and intimate world, which define the concept of intimacy also as a value of space, place, gesture, and... magical ritual.

In the installation proposed for MDW 2025 we have reworked pieces of and for emblematic collections such as:

Mysticals, a collection of sculptures inspired by the popular iconography of cards, symbols and beliefs widespread in the Mediterranean.
White earthenware and enamel - 2016

Lanterns, set of luminous sculptures in glass bells with ceramic base, display / cabinets de curiositées
Materials and mixed techniques - 2017

Cache-Choses, ceramic bells that become candle holders, vases, cache-choses.
Dedicated to the ritual of dreams and memory,
Superior white stoneware and enamel - 2018

Myths, ceramic masks depicting predominant figures of Mediterranean mythology and superstition.
Worked with paperclay technique - 2020

Waters - Ceramic installation modeled by studying the reproduction of water shapes in ceramics.
Superior white stoneware, enamels and pigments.- 2023/2024