D'ORO D'ART
THE WANDERER
50.000,00 €
The Wanderer – The Timeless Traveller
The Wanderer is part of The Grand Voyage trilogy, a contemporary art project by D’ORO D’ART created by artist Federico Solmi.
Beneath the guise of a medieval warrior—reminiscent of the cinematic figures of Fritz Lang—moves a character suspended between eras and visions. The Wanderer travels through a timeless dimension, merging echoes of the 15th century with futuristic imagery, offering a deeply personal and poetic lens on the world.
The fusion of different time periods, the use of ironic elements, and the interplay between adult introspection and childlike wonder give shape to an enigmatic and multi-layered identity. A figure who reflects, dreams, and plays—embodying the restless and visionary spirit that animates the entire Grand Voyage project.
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The Wanderer is one of the three works that compose The Grand Voyage, a project conceived by D’ORO D’ART and created in collaboration with artist Federico Solmi.
An artist’s book that merges contemporary art, technology, and visual storytelling in a completely unprecedented form.
With intense and melancholic features reminiscent of Albrecht Dürer’s portraits, The Wanderer introduces the figure of a visionary entrepreneur, captured in a moment of profound introspection. Upon opening the volume, an integrated animated video comes to life: the front cover automatically activates the concealed screen, unveiling an inner world in motion.
The work portrays the protagonist as a complex individual, poised between adult rigor and an undimmed childlike wonder. The launch of a toy rocket sparks an ironic yet poignant visual loop, revealing both his fragility and creative drive. When the play ends, silence returns—and with it, reflection. It is precisely this oscillation between lightness and gravity that shapes an emotional and symbolic portrait of the visionary mind.
The book is an essential part of the artwork: a technological and artisanal treasure chest that combines gilded covers and frames, hand binding, painting, and a long-lasting LCD screen. The video is activated by invisible sensors and remains synchronised with the physical act of opening and closing the book.
Each cover is an original artwork: the D’ORO D’ART editions by Federico Solmi feature two gold-leaf covers, while the front panel is a painting created by the artist himself. A dual creative gesture that blends the tactile presence of painting with the fluidity of video, seamlessly integrating material and digital imagination.
The Grand Voyage consists of three distinct works: The Goddess, The Wizard, and The Wanderer.
In each, Solmi creates hybrid characters, dressed in costumes from different eras and suspended in digital loops that recount mythical and surreal tales filtered through a contemporary lens.
These figures, moving between painting and 3D animation, inhabit a timeless space where history, irony, and imagination converge—dissolving the boundaries between physical reality and digital mythology.
D’ORO D’ART original painting created in acrylic on the front cover. The remaining two covers are crafted in aluminium and 24-karat gold.
Closed Book Sizes (cm): 38 x 56.8 x 7.5
D’ORO D’ART Project
In today’s landscape of contemporary art—where technology continuously reshapes languages and formats—D’ORO D’ART emerges as a visionary initiative, merging the excellence of Italian artisanal bookmaking with the power of international video art.
Conceived by Salvatore Giorgio Dino, founder and CEO of D’ORO Collection, D’ORO D’ART introduces a new kind of book-object: a work to be leafed through and activated, where visual storytelling comes to life through an embedded video that plays upon opening the cover. The project employs advanced technologies—including LCD screens and a long-life playback system—in which the audio-visual file becomes an integral and unalterable part of the work.
Leading this encounter between publishing and electronic art are Barbara London, founder of the video art department at MoMA New York, and Valentino Catricalà, an internationally renowned Italian curator and scholar specialising in the intersection of contemporary art and technology. Since 2019, the two have curated a programme that affirms video art as a critical, political and deeply emotional medium.
The project was inaugurated by Dara Birnbaum, a pioneering figure in video art who has radically transformed the way we perceive images in media. For D’ORO D’ART, Birnbaum reinterpreted her three-channel video Arabesque (2011), adapting it into a monographic format. The work reflects on the artistic and emotional relationship between Robert and Clara Schumann, weaving together archive material, musical performance and film excerpts from the 1947 film Song of Love. The result is an intimate and layered composition that explores the dialogue between sound, image and memory.
The conceptual delicacy of the piece resonates with the refined structure of D’ORO Collection’s handcrafted volumes, with the project being launched by Marian Goodman Gallery in the prestigious setting of Art Basel Miami.
In 2023, D’ORO D’ART initiated a new collaboration with artist Federico Solmi, broadening its scope through The Grand Voyage—a series divided into three thematic cycles, each composed of three artist’s books. The series continues to explore the frontiers of visual art, multimedia narrative and the book as sculptural object, expanding the expressive range of the collection.
D’ORO D’ART is a statement of intent: not just a new way of conceiving art publishing, but a true laboratory of form, where time, image and matter converge to forge a language that speaks to the present while preserving the memory of our age.
“I have always dreamed of creating a "transcendental" book capable of addressing every individual in the world, overcoming all language barriers: I knew art could be the universal key to this challenge. And making the first handmade book in history that features digital art inside was the revolution that only D'ORO could imagine… ”
Salvatore Giorgio Dino
Each D’ORO Collection volume is shipped following precise rules which preserve its value.
After the quality checks, the book – protected by its case or by shock-absorbing pads – is positioned inside the Book Box with its certificate of authenticity and warranty.
The Book Box – a true design piece – is wrapped in protective paper and shipped inside a robust cardboard box specially developed to optimally safeguard the book during the shipment.
The parcel is then sealed and handed over to selected forwarders for rapid insured air shipment.
