Irene Cattaneo
Caresses nocturnes / Nocturnal Caresses, 2025
Cast aluminium
72x88x82 cm
Copyright The Artist
“Tu seras la reine des hommes aux yeux verts dont j’ai serré aussi la gorge dans mes caresses nocturnes” “You shall be the queen of all men that have green...
“Tu seras la reine des hommes aux yeux verts dont j’ai serré aussi la gorge dans mes caresses nocturnes”
“You shall be the queen of all men that have green eyes, whose necks also I have clasped in my nocturnal caresses...”
This piece is the genesis of the exhibition, it alludes to the two protagonists of the poem: the cradle where the child lies and the moon which respectively determined the function and the overall aesthetic. The moonchair is the perfect embodiement of Baudelaire’s concept of Correspondances - the symbolic connections between the material and the spiritual worlds. The surface in casted aluminuim evokes the cratered surface of the moon. While its sculpted curves cradle the inhabitant into a sensory experience of stillness, harmony, and lucid dreams.
“You shall be the queen of all men that have green eyes, whose necks also I have clasped in my nocturnal caresses...”
This piece is the genesis of the exhibition, it alludes to the two protagonists of the poem: the cradle where the child lies and the moon which respectively determined the function and the overall aesthetic. The moonchair is the perfect embodiement of Baudelaire’s concept of Correspondances - the symbolic connections between the material and the spiritual worlds. The surface in casted aluminuim evokes the cratered surface of the moon. While its sculpted curves cradle the inhabitant into a sensory experience of stillness, harmony, and lucid dreams.