BLADE

BLADE

sculptures - glass + iron - 1999 - 2013 

The BLADE series marks Morucchio’s first artistic encounter with glass and the starting point of his sculptural exploration of spiritual dynamism. His interest in the material emerged from years spent as a still-life photographer, documenting the works of modern and contemporary glass artists and designers. From this close engagement with glass, he eventually gave shape to an image that had long existed in his imagination: BLADE.

Composed of immobile glass blades, the series investigates the tension between light and matter, stillness and energy. BLADE functions as a clarifying element within Morucchio’s creative process—an image of thought that introduces light, pierces darkness, and divides before converging again in synthesis.

As critic Andrea Pagnes observed, encountering these works feels like “participating in a conversation with something that comes from an abstract and remote distance—ineffable, mysterious, ingrained in reminiscence, yet fully contemporary.” The dynamic quality of Morucchio’s glass blades—“cutting the motionless, inert space and incising the void”—reveals an intention that extends beyond formal experimentation.

In BLADE, the artist infuses the object-sculpture with semantic and symbolic value, endowing it with a subtle aura that transcends material process. The blade becomes a fundamental element—an icon of Morucchio’s universe—defining his aesthetic language and affirming the uniqueness of his sculptural vision.