Errol Sari: Studies

This solo exhibition is dedicated to a moment of transition. For the first time, Errol Sari chooses to present not only completed works, but also the territory of research from which they emerge. Studies, experiments and assemblages return to the direct origins of his message — explicit and immediately accessible — allowing visitors to observe the process through which the artist is gradually transforming both his visual language and his relationship with reclaimed materials.

At the centre of the exhibition are three small figures that represent the most accomplished expression of Errol Sari’s current research. Through the forms of a turtle, a shark and a gorilla, the artist explores the possibility of transforming discarded materials into works with an autonomous presence and a distinct sculptural identity.

These works emerge from a practice developed over many years around the recovery, selection and recomposition of plastic waste. While the preparatory works and larger assemblages reveal a spontaneous and open approach, closely connected to the international landscape of contemporary environmental art, the three central sculptures focus on formal definition, attention to detail and the transformation of fragments into living forms.

Rooted in his street-art origins, Sari’s practice retains a distinctly critical impulse, employing reclaimed materials not only as a response to mounting environmental concerns but also as a means of questioning established notions of value, permanence and waste.

The works presented around them document this process and make visible the dialogue that Sari’s research maintains with some of the most significant contemporary practices based on material reuse and the representation of the animal world as a vehicle for environmental awareness. In this context, the encounter with international experiences developed within the Drap-Art environment remains a recognisable point of reference within the artist’s journey.

The exhibition therefore proposes a deliberate distinction between experimentation and formal synthesis, assigning the three central works the role of narrative core within the project as a whole.

The works presented on this occasion document a transitional phase in Errol Sari’s practice, characterised by a continuous exploration of materials, techniques and visual languages. The larger-scale pieces function as open studies, territories of investigation in which the artist confronts his own path with some of the most recognisable international approaches to recycled art and environmental engagement.

Rather than final statements, these works reveal a process of observation, assimilation and experimentation that remains ongoing. They make visible a stage of research in which the artist tests new expressive possibilities, exploring the relationship between ecological message, formal construction and the transformation of discarded materials.

From this field of exploration emerge three smaller-scale works — Work 1, Work 2 and Work 3 — which bring together some of the most personal elements of his research with particular clarity. In the turtle, the shark and the gorilla, reclaimed material is not merely a vehicle for an environmental message; it becomes an integral part of the sculpture’s construction. Attention to detail, the layering of components and the sculptural presence of the forms create a more intimate and autonomous dimension in which the artist’s language becomes especially recognisable.

The exhibition does not present a point of arrival, but a moment of passage. It tells the story of a research process that remains open, where external references, technical experimentation and the gradual definition of a personal voice coexist. For this reason, the value of the exhibition lies not only in the completed works themselves, but also in the opportunity to observe a creative process in motion, while new directions and new formal identities continue to take shape.