Poetricks II presents a new selection of Stefano Calligaro’s ongoing work of literal “poetical-tricks”. Consisting of modified words and common terms, the Poetricks challenge established social and cultural codes through visual simplicity and a precise but deliberate (mis)use of language. The text-pieces are not, by choice or nature, ironic, comical, sarcastic, political, socially engaged, self-serving, or anything else. They elude any label, leaving every possible interpretation in the hands of the reader. The series originated with the aim of becoming a “visual ecology of signs and meanings”, in contrast to the hyper-spectacle often seen in art and culture in general today.

Poetricks are simultaneously artworks, minimal poems, and tools the artist uses to question and redefine the essence, meaning, and boundaries of art, language, and poetry.