The Age of Plastic
Fragments of the consumer society by Dario Tironi
He directs his artistic research towards particular themes and issues which characterise contemporary society, such as ecological problems and the consequences of human activity on the environment, global inequality, the contradictions of the consumerist-capitalist system and human alienation. In his artistic practice, he makes use of a multitude of heterogeneous materials, often drawn from everyday life: found objects and disposable items from the “age of plastic” — accessories, technological devices, toys and dolls, electronic appliances, furnishings, and all kinds of mass-produced gadgets — transforming them through processes of recycling and plastic art.
Uomo in piedi 2024
steel, objetcs, paint – 35X180X55 cm, 23,7 Kg
Testa incasinata 2025
steel, objects, paint – 60X40X28 cm, 5,70 kg
Contaminated head 2025
resin and objects – 40X23X20 cm, 5,45 kg
For oil you are and to oil you will return 2025
steel, objects, paint – 62X27X25 cm, 5,50 kg
Bagnante contaminta 2020
plastic waste, resin – 50x180x60 cm
For oil you are and to oil you will return 2021
mixed media, paint – 45x25x32 cm
Testa incasinata, 2022
steel, paint, objects – 35x32x178 cm
Facing our waste, 2023
steel, objects, paint – cm 60x24x42
Dario Tironi was born in Bergamo in 1980. After having completed a degree in sculpture at The Brera Academy of Fine Art, Milan in 2006, he participated in the formation of two associations active in the region in the promotion of emerging artists and in the creation of events in collaboration with different organisations.
He has had numerous exhibiton, among them : “Open 13”, Venezia – “Human constructons”, Fortezza del Priamar, Savona -“Impato 2.0”, Museo Nazionale Atestno, Padova – “Monument to mankind”, Piazza del Duomo, Pietrasanta – “Ho cercato l’armonia”, Vitoriale degli Italiani – “Superfuture”, MAD Museum, Singapore – “Figure furituribili”, Collezione Luigi Cataneo, Ateneo di Bologna – “Contemporary trasformatons”, Duke contemporary, Bangkok – “Il dialogo dei contrappost”, Reggia di Caserta – “Scrapart” Doha, Qatar – “Natura umana”, Museo Part, Rimini – Premio Vaf, Kiel – “Valuable scrap” , CSO Ankara.
Tironi had many collaboratons in various projects and awareness-raising events, working with associatons, public institutions and companies like: Enel, Generali, Unipol, Havas, QC Terme. His work can be found across the world in private and public collections.
