Jimmy Rivoltella

Collecting pieces of life and different materials, in order to reassemble them and giving them a new life, an unknown story.
Jimmy Rivoltella lives and works in Turin. His artistic experience began at Mattia Moreni's studio. His works are shown in personal and collective exhibitions, and Italian and international events. 

A short description of your work.

Describing my work has always been difficult to me. Sometimes I cannot even give a meaning to it. I fall back on an idea, on a whisper, something vital , so that I cannot stop working on it. Developping an idea it's a process that sometimes takes years. I work  at home, in my studio, where I become familiar with materials, so that they can turn into element of my pieces; sometimes I work on the road, with things I find out. My research is a metaphor of life and a reflection on our times.

What inspires you?

When I was child, my grandfather brought me to artist's studios. I was attracted by drawings, by the mess of studios and by the way artists used the tools. Later on, remembering that moments, I understood that art would have been my way to communicate, to imagine fantastical worlds.

What are your aspirations?

My family, passed and present.

Your art in three words.

Rough, fragile, vital.

What's the responsibility for an artist, nowadays?

Holding on and preserving.