Grande Slam

Grande Slam comes from two passions I have carried since childhood: tennis and comic-book drawing. I brought them together with the tools of my trade, marble sculpture. Here marble, the "noble" material you must not touch, is picked up, weighed, played with and broken.

"Lorenzo Perrucci's work is not mere provocation: it is a synthetic action that brings together sculptural production, ambiguous compositions and free associations. […] The racket is not meant as praise or a simulacrum of the sport, but as a ritual tool that turns the 'smash' into an artistic act of metamorphosis."

— Daniele Sorace, art historian (translated from Italian)
Sculpture

The rackets

The series of tennis rackets carved in Carrara marble, photographed in the quarry. Each racket is a unique piece and is for sale.

Always Ready
Always Ready
Hello?
Hello?
The Big Leagues Are Calling
The Big Leagues Are Calling
If You Are Broken, Keep Hitting
If You Are Broken, Keep Hitting
Unbreakable
Unbreakable
Aim
Aim
Go Back
Go Back
Marble rackets
Marble rackets
Photography · prints on Dibond, 50 × 70 cm

Padel

Rallying on a padel court with a frying pan instead of a racket. A joint project with sculptor Federico Telloli, who took the photos; on the other side of the net, Diego Monacchia and Marco Pani. The pan is 100% real: that same evening, once washed, I fried sweet-and-sour green peppers in it.

Padel 1
Padel — 01
Padel 2
Padel — 02
Padel 3
Padel — 03
Padel 4
Padel — 04
Padel 5
Padel — 05
Illustration · glossy card, 50 × 70 cm

Poster

Ten black-and-white digital illustrations: tennis champions teased about their names, the way a kid would. Click a poster to read the pun.

Poster Alcatraz
Alcatraz — Carlos Alcaraz behind the bars of Alcatraz
Poster Feliz Nadal
Feliz Nadal — Nadal never gives away a point, let alone at Christmas
Poster Little Hats
Little Hats — Berrettini, literally: lots of little hats
Poster Mad Vedev
Mad Vedev — Medvedev brings the fury on court, like Mad Max
Poster Muso
Muso — Lorenzo Musetti, nicknamed "Muso" (snout), among animal snouts
Poster Roger!
Roger! — Federer as a gentleman spy: "Roger", copy that
Poster Rubl0
Rubl0 — Rublev, zero roubles, living under a bridge
Poster Sasha e l'orso
Sasha e l'orso — Sasha Zverev, as in "Masha and the Bear"
Poster Supernova-K
Supernova-K — Djokovic, who exploded onto the scene like a supernova
Poster The Sinner
The Sinner — Sinner, the sinner, asking for forgiveness

Other works in the exhibition

SMASH

Grey Carrara marble (Bardiglio), string, fluorescent yellow overgrip
68.5 × 28 × 4 cm

Performance: I slam the marble racket on the ground like a frustrated player. The frame breaks, but the strings hold the pieces together. The spark that started the whole exhibition.

PALLE

Marble installation: clay-court base, two spheres, tube lettered in black paint and gold leaf
30 × 30 × 29.5 cm

A deliberately phallic tribute to the cover of the album "Palle" by Italian band Squallor. Geometric carving with Marco Danesi.

ACE

White Carrara marble, acrylic ground, red clay fixed with hairspray
30 × 30 × 2 cm

The slab is laid on the court and hit with a ball: depending on where the mark lands, the work is called IN, OUT or ACE.

BREAK POINT

Engraved white Carrara marble
50 × 38 × 3 cm

The platform on which the SMASH racket is broken. Also suitable for breakfast, breakdance or a break-up.

MARBLE TABLE TENNIS

Marble ping-pong paddles, a laid dinner table
Variable dimensions

"Marble" and "table" rhyme: that was reason enough. You play ping-pong with me on a laid table; hit a plate or a glass and you lose the point.

Works made in Filippo Tincolini's studio. First stage of the exhibition: Carrara, in the space of Filippo Tincolini and Laura Veschi.