Maurizio savini biography of mahatma

Partners & Mucciaccia are proud to present the solo exhibition of Maurizio Savini, whose chewing gum sculptures have gained him fame and notoriety in the contemporary art world.

The exhibition illustrates Savini’s artistic journey, which has grown from a specific material, chewing gum, and the most ‘pop’ colour possible: bubblegum pink.

After being introduced to Europe at the end of WWII, chewing gum became a symbol of the new era, together with Coca Cola and nylon stockings, and has continued to permeate contemporary culture ever since. Cream and strawberry chewing gum become, in Savini’s hands, a medium that allows him to engage in attentive analysis about aspects of universal issues such as, for example, geopolitics and the human condition.

Savini investigates the relationships be-tween human beings, as well as their paradoxes and dichotomies, through hypermodern aesthetics bo