Luca Vitone Italy, b. 1964

Since the late 1980s, Luca Vitone has explored the layered identity of places—examining their geographical, political, social, cultural, and poetic dimensions. His practice investigates how spaces embody memory, belonging, and transformation, offering a nuanced reflection on the relationship between individuals and their environments. Vitone’s paintings and installations often function as landscapes constructed from site-specific materials—such as dust, food, waste, or wine collected and repurposed to evoke the physical presence of a place. In parallel, he creates conceptual portraits of locations by allowing atmospheric agents like pollution, weather, and time to inscribe themselves directly onto surfaces, establishing a subtle yet powerful dialogue between natural processes and artistic gesture. At the heart of Vitone’s work lies a response to the postmodern condition of displacement and the erosion of rootedness. Through an intricate layering of personal and collective memory, he reconstructs and reimagines lost or neglected routes, composing a unique personal geography that speaks to broader histories and cultural identities. Drawing from the physical and historical architecture of places, Vitone reveals a subjective cartography—where multiple languages, identities, and temporalities intersect.