Archivio Remo Salvadori

"Anfora e modello is . . . a work of a sculptural nature, composed of multiple parts: a terracotta amphora, already in the artist’s possession for some time, and the cardboard silhouette of the Modello, 1978, shown at the gallery of Lucio Amelio in 1978, resting on one of the two handles of the vessel and supported by a wooden post. Salvadori’s aim was to suggest, through the juxtaposition of the two objects, the imagery of Saint Christopher, who upon meeting the Christ child, knowing nothing of his identity, carried the boy across the river on his shoulders. 'This is a vision I acquired from the circles of Steiner . . . . After the encounter with Christ, the man’s name was changed to Christopher, from the Latin ‘Christum fero’ (the Christ-bearer). A figure of the crossing of the waters. The amphora becomes the one that bears the self (the model), just as Christopher carries Christ'."