Carrara marble sculpture MARMIFERI

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Between Perception and Illusion: Marble Works Transforming Wood, Fire and Industrial Matter, by Valeria Vaccaro   Burnt pallets, worn transport crates and industrial remnants are transformed into marble contemporary sculptures that blur perception and illusion. At first glance they appear as ordinary, fire-damaged wooden objects, yet they reveal themselves as cold, solid marble, executed with impeccable technical precision. Valeria Vaccaro explores the boundary between perception and deception, using fire as a symbolic and alchemical force of transformation. Her Carrara marble sculptures plays on contradiction—wood that is not wood, containers that become artworks—creating a perceptual short circuit that challenges our understanding of material, value and contemporary art.