Milan-based artists Stella Scala and Simeone Crispino have been working collaboratively as Vedovamazzei since 1991.
All images Courtesy by the artists
By using a wide range of media including sculpture, painting, installation and photography, Vedovamazzei’s humorous and poignant works explore the ways in which desire and affection might couple and uncouple images, objects and texts. Their pieces often give form to literal misreadings, including the translation of a movie into a sculpture, the creation of a narrative around a flawed object, or the depiction of an impossible romantic whim.

vedovamazzei
2019
Butter Bite 1/3
bronze and acrylic
7x9x5,5 cm
2019
Butter Bite 1/3
bronze and acrylic
7x9x5,5 cm

vedovamazzei
2005
A4
wood
128x100x50 cm
2005
A4
wood
128x100x50 cm

vedovamazzei
2011
Putin n.1
oil on board
43×37 cm
2011
Putin n.1
oil on board
43×37 cm

vedovamazzei
2000
Go Wherever You Want, Bring Me Whatever You Wish
(Installation view at Hann Munden, Germany)
tow truck, wood, rubber, water plants, water lilies, boat oars, wooden pier, aluminum ladder
400 x 1675 x 250 cm
2000
Go Wherever You Want, Bring Me Whatever You Wish
(Installation view at Hann Munden, Germany)
tow truck, wood, rubber, water plants, water lilies, boat oars, wooden pier, aluminum ladder
400 x 1675 x 250 cm

vedovamazzei
1995
Senza titolo
stuffed bird
variable dimensions
1995
Senza titolo
stuffed bird
variable dimensions

vedovamazzei
2020
After Love
2003/2020
Mixed media
760x680x380 cm
MAXXI Museo nazionale delle arti del XXI secolo Rome, Italy
2020
After Love
2003/2020
Mixed media
760x680x380 cm
MAXXI Museo nazionale delle arti del XXI secolo Rome, Italy

vedovamazzei
2004
Isn’t It Romantic
chair and glass
53×75,5×45,5 cm
2004
Isn’t It Romantic
chair and glass
53×75,5×45,5 cm

vedovamazzei
1998
A Modest Proposal
(Queen Victoria)
betacam
21m 44sec
1998
A Modest Proposal
(Queen Victoria)
betacam
21m 44sec

vedovamazzei
2004
After Balance
door glass and hooks
variable dimensions
2004
After Balance
door glass and hooks
variable dimensions

vedovamazzei
2000
Appliance #1
chair, bulbe light
80x50x82 cm
2000
Appliance #1
chair, bulbe light
80x50x82 cm

vedovamazzei
2015
The Map of London Museum
pen on hand gloves
107x95,5cm
2015
The Map of London Museum
pen on hand gloves
107x95,5cm