In Midday Midnight time goes by, even if in opposite directions, in the Garden of Zen, time stops becoming the metaphor for human existence.
A small stretch of sand on which dried flowers rise, is the sign of devastation; only a skull over which two stag beetles fight the evidence of human presence.

A type of “memento mori” played on a refined symbolism. The stag beetles are in fact insects with guite an adaptability to extreme life conditions they were born before us and will probably survive us. The key to interpreting the work is precisely the fight. The animals become a type of allegory for human beings and their desire for power that will lead them to extinction sooner or later.
— Simone Verri


Selected solo exhibitions: 2003: Marconi, Cupra Marittima, Italy;
2002: Pianissimo, Milan.
Selected group exhibitions: 2002: Fermenti Naturali 2002, Torre Fornello, Italy; 2001: Periscopio 2002, Refettorio delle Stelline, Milan; Last Minute. Verso la fine dell’eternità, Ex Ospedale Soave, Codogno, Italy; By-Pass. Percorso alternativo, Monteprandone, Italy; Small Brother, National Gallery, Tirana; 2001: 2a Biennale d'Arte Contemporanea, Villa Croce/ Palazzo Ducale, Genova; Lampi Grevi, Villa Glisenti/ Villa Carcina, Brescia; 2000: N.U.N.C., Ex Ospedale Soave, Codogno, Italy; Mind the gap, Akademie Galerie, Munich; Glocal, XXL, Sofia.