Yeo Workshop is pleased to present “All We Have”, its second solo exhibition of the works of Bali-based Italian artist Filippo Sciascia. The present exhibition features both mixed media paintings and sculptures that represent a continuation of Sciascia’s abiding interest in light, and an exploration of the material and motific forms that one of the most fundamental elements of our universe may be embodied in. For the artist, light - and, of course, energy - constitutes the evolution of life and human civilization as we know it, playing a transformative role in the development of mankind’s technological ascendancy.
As he puts it: “All of the energy on Earth originates from the Sun throughout history. Today we still generate electricity from fossil fuels, which are the remains of plants and animals that lived millennia ago - when, for the first time, we also had the idea of making a graphic mark with charcoal from burned wood, forever changing the way we communicate. What we were creating was a language that marks the foundation of our civilization, just like today’s computer language.”
Featured in the exhibition are works that utilize volcanic sand and quartz, both materials from which silicon, and thus computer chips and other high-tech hardware, are ultimately derived; paintings that incorporate LED lights into their compositions, replacing the technique of chiaroscuro with actual light; works that are made from fossiled amber, a material that serves as a fossil record of our natural universe. Sciascia’s work encompasses various histories, and the role that light has played in them: the history of evolution, the history of technology, the history of communication and, of course, the history of art.
Exhibition view: Filippo Sciascia, All We Have, Yeo Workshop, Singapore (6 March – 30 April 2021). Courtesy Yeo Workshop. Photographed by Jonathan Tan.
Exhibition view: Primitive Mornings, 2020.Pulverised amber fossil and resin, organic leaf. 16 x 15 x 12 cm.Filippo Sciascia, All We Have, Yeo Workshop, Singapore (6 March – 30 April 2021). Courtesy Yeo Workshop. Photographed by Jonathan Tan.
Exhibition view: Filippo Sciascia, All We Have, Yeo Workshop, Singapore (6 March – 30 April 2021). Courtesy Yeo Workshop. Photographed by Jonathan Tan.(left) Primitive Mornings, 2020.Pulverised amber fossil and resin, organic leaf. 16 x 15 x 12 cm.(middle) Untitled, 2020. Mineral quartz stone, steel, aluminium. 200 x 19.5 x 3 cm. (right) Primitive Mornings, 2019. Fossilised resin aluminium, electric cable. 150 x 170 cm.
Detail view: Untitled, 2020. Mineral quartz stone, steel, aluminium. 200 x 19.5 x 3 cm. Filippo Sciascia, All We Have, Yeo Workshop, Singapore (6 March – 30 April 2021). Courtesy Yeo Workshop. Photographed by Jonathan Tan.
Detail view: Untitled, 2020. Mineral quartz stone, steel, aluminium. 200 x 19.5 x 3 cm.Filippo Sciascia, All We Have, Yeo Workshop, Singapore (6 March – 30 April 2021). Courtesy Yeo Workshop. Photographed by Jonathan Tan.
Exhibition view: Xuanlong, 2020. Volcanic sand and resin. 47 x 34 x 5 cm. Filippo Sciascia, All We Have, Yeo Workshop, Singapore (6 March – 30 April 2021). Courtesy Yeo Workshop. Photographed by Jonathan Tan.
Detail view: Xuanlong, 2020. Volcanic sand and resin. 47 x 34 x 5 cm.Filippo Sciascia, All We Have, Yeo Workshop, Singapore (6 March – 30 April 2021). Courtesy Yeo Workshop. Photographed by Jonathan Tan.
Exhibition view: Filippo Sciascia, All We Have, Yeo Workshop, Singapore (6 March – 30 April 2021). Courtesy Yeo Workshop. Photographed by Jonathan Tan.(left) Crescita Tecno Organica, 2020. Resin, aluminium, iron. 300 x 8 x 2.5 cm. (right) Machine Learning, 2020. Volcanic black sand, fossilized resin, led lights, wood. 175 x 120 cm.
Exhibition view: Machine Learning, 2020. Volcanic black sand, fossilized resin, led lights, wood. 175 x 120 cm.Filippo Sciascia, All We Have, Yeo Workshop, Singapore (6 March – 30 April 2021). Courtesy Yeo Workshop. Photographed by Jonathan Tan.
Exhibition view: Filippo Sciascia, All We Have, Yeo Workshop, Singapore (6 March – 30 April 2021). Courtesy Yeo Workshop. Photographed by Jonathan Tan.
Exhibition view: Crescita Tecno Organica, 2020. Resin, aluminium, iron. 300 x 8 x 2.5 cm.Filippo Sciascia, All We Have, Yeo Workshop, Singapore (6 March – 30 April 2021). Courtesy Yeo Workshop. Photographed by Jonathan Tan.
Exhibition view: Xuanlong, 2020. Stainless steel, bronze. 99 x 52 cm.Filippo Sciascia, All We Have, Yeo Workshop, Singapore (6 March – 30 April 2021). Courtesy Yeo Workshop. Photographed by Jonathan Tan.
Exhibition view: Filippo Sciascia, All We Have, Yeo Workshop, Singapore (6 March – 30 April 2021). Courtesy Yeo Workshop. Photographed by Jonathan Tan.(left) Xuanlong, 2020. Stainless steel, balinese wood dragon, quartz stalactite. 29 x 22 x 7.5 cm.(right) Xuanlong, 2020. Stainless steel, bronze. 99 x 52 cm.
Detail view: Xuanlong, 2020. Stainless steel, balinese wood dragon, quartz stalactite. 29 x 22 x 7.5 cm.Filippo Sciascia, All We Have, Yeo Workshop, Singapore (6 March – 30 April 2021). Courtesy Yeo Workshop. Photographed by Jonathan Tan.
Exhibition view: Filippo Sciascia, All We Have, Yeo Workshop, Singapore (6 March – 30 April 2021). Courtesy Yeo Workshop. Photographed by Jonathan Tan.
Exhibition view: Filippo Sciascia, All We Have, Yeo Workshop, Singapore (6 March – 30 April 2021). Courtesy Yeo Workshop. Photographed by Jonathan Tan.(left) Primitive Mornings, 2020. Oil on canvas. 45 x 59 cm.(right) Untitled, 2020. Fossilised shell. 12 x 9.5 x 5.5 cm.(middle) Lux Lumina, 2020. Gesso, oil on canvas. 41 x 29 cm.
Exhibition view: Primitive Mornings, 2020. Oil on canvas. 45 x 59 cm.Filippo Sciascia, All We Have, Yeo Workshop, Singapore (6 March – 30 April 2021). Courtesy Yeo Workshop. Photographed by Jonathan Tan.
Exhibition view: Lux Lumina, 2020. Gesso, oil on canvas. 41 x 29 cm.Filippo Sciascia, All We Have, Yeo Workshop, Singapore (6 March – 30 April 2021). Courtesy Yeo Workshop. Photographed by Jonathan Tan.
Exhibition view: Untitled, 2020. Fossilised shell. 12 x 9.5 x 5.5 cm.Filippo Sciascia, All We Have, Yeo Workshop, Singapore (6 March – 30 April 2021). Courtesy Yeo Workshop. Photographed by Jonathan Tan.
Exhibition view: Filippo Sciascia, All We Have, Yeo Workshop, Singapore (6 March – 30 April 2021). Courtesy Yeo Workshop. Photographed by Jonathan Tan.(left) Primitive Mornings, 2019. Fossilised resin aluminium, electric cable. 150 x 170 cm.(right) Clorofilliana, 2020. Gesso, oil on canvas. 44 x 57 cm.
Exhibition view: Primitive Mornings, 2019. Fossilised resin aluminium, electric cable. 150 x 170 cm.Filippo Sciascia, All We Have, Yeo Workshop, Singapore (6 March – 30 April 2021). Courtesy Yeo Workshop. Photographed by Jonathan Tan.
Detail view: Primitive Mornings, 2019. Fossilised resin aluminium, electric cable. 150 x 170 cm. Filippo Sciascia, All We Have, Yeo Workshop, Singapore (6 March – 30 April 2021). Courtesy Yeo Workshop. Photographed by Jonathan Tan.
Exhibition view: Clorofilliana, 2020. Gesso, oil on canvas. 44 x 57 cm.Filippo Sciascia, All We Have, Yeo Workshop, Singapore (6 March – 30 April 2021). Courtesy Yeo Workshop. Photographed by Jonathan Tan.
Exhibition view: Filippo Sciascia, All We Have, Yeo Workshop, Singapore (6 March – 30 April 2021). Courtesy Yeo Workshop. Photographed by Jonathan Tan.(left) Theory of Chaos, 2020. Oil on gesso canvas. 45 x 58 cm.(right) Xuanlong, 2020. Stainless steel, balinese wood dragon, quartz stalactite. 29 x 22 x 7.5 cm.
Exhibition view: Theory of Chaos, 2020. Oil on gesso canvas. 45 x 58 cm.Filippo Sciascia, All We Have, Yeo Workshop, Singapore (6 March – 30 April 2021). Courtesy Yeo Workshop. Photographed by Jonathan Tan.
Exhibition view: Filippo Sciascia, All We Have, Yeo Workshop, Singapore (6 March – 30 April 2021). Courtesy Yeo Workshop. Photographed by Jonathan Tan.(left) All We Have, 2021. Gesso, oil on canvas. 120 x 100 cm.(right) Phylogenetic, 2019. Oil on synthetic canvas and LED light. 88 x 152 cm.
Exhibition view: Phylogenetic, 2019. Oil on synthetic canvas and LED light. 88 x 152 cm.Filippo Sciascia, All We Have, Yeo Workshop, Singapore (6 March – 30 April 2021). Courtesy Yeo Workshop. Photographed by Jonathan Tan.
Exhibition view: All We Have, 2021. Gesso, oil on canvas. 120 x 100 cm.Filippo Sciascia, All We Have, Yeo Workshop, Singapore (6 March – 30 April 2021). Courtesy Yeo Workshop. Photographed by Jonathan Tan.
Filippo Sciascia works between figuration and abstraction, capturing the transitional process from one medium to another in an amalgamation of pixels, lines and forms. Placing emphasis on process rather than object, he explores the pictorial tensions between painting and imaging technology to challenge the boundaries of painting as a practice. Deftly employing classical painterly techniques to new media and technology, as well as organic materials such as volcanic ash and fossilised resin, Sciascia’s works reflect his enduring fascination with the materiality, production and metaphorical language of Light.
Yeo Workshop is a contemporary art gallery based in Singapore’s Gillman Barracks, dedicated to showcasing Southeast Asian artists who push the boundaries of visual culture. From traditional painting and sculpture to cutting-edge digital media, the gallery fosters a bold and diverse program that engages with pressing socio-cultural issues, encouraging critical dialogue and fresh perspectives.
