El Corazoncito, 2024
Painting : leather · 40 x 40 x 6 cm 15.7 x 15.7 x 2.4 inch · Ready to hang
$937
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Painting : Unique artwork
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with stretcher frame
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Dimensions ( cm • inch )
40 x 40 x 6 cm 15.7 x 15.7 x 2.4 inch Height x Width x Depth
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Description
is an intimate, geometric variation on the theme of love, one of the threads that run through Guido Zappoli’s work. Here the artist sets aside his school-of-fish motif for a universal symbol, the heart, and turns it into a play of mise en abyme. On a background of smooth, deep black leather, nearly two hundred and fifty small red hearts line up in staggered rows to form a single large heart. Each one keeps its own shape, and together they beat as one.
Each small heart is die-cut from red patent leather and then placed by hand with double-sided tape. The glossy finish plays a central role: depending on the viewing angle and the light, the hearts light up with pearly, pink or almost white reflections, then return to deep red. The surface seems to move, as if the shape were gently vibrating. Against this, the matte black of the background absorbs the light and makes the large heart stand out with great elegance.
The compact square format, 40 × 40 cm, makes it a piece that is both striking and intimate, easy to hang in a bedroom, a living room or an office. It also makes a meaningful gift to celebrate a love or a friendship.
The title plays with the Spanish language as a tribute to Adriano, the artist’s friend who lived in Mexico for thirty years. , “little heart”, is a very common term of endearment in Mexico. It refers both to the size of the work and to the hundreds of small hearts it is made of.
Presentation
Guido Zappoli was born in 1967 in Bologna, “in the shadow of the Two Towers." He signs his contemporary artworks under the pseudonym ZapArt. His work combines genuine craftsmanship with a symbolic vision. His material of choice is leather, which he die-cuts, heat-moulds, crumples, gathers and hand-stitches onto canvas or leather backings. More recently, he has added vinyl and resin to his palette.
The school of fish, a central motif
The school of fish recurs in almost all of his work. Hundreds of small, colourful fish come together in geometric mosaics to form a large predator (El Desayuno) or a red heart beating against a black background (El Corazón, Cupído). Through this motif, ZapArt reverses the balance of power: the fragile individual finds strength in the collective, and love becomes the energy that brings order to chaos.
Leather, worked like couture fabric
In the floral series, his technique comes close to haute couture. For Letra, Guido designs and shapes leather flowers, which his wife then patiently hand-stitches to form the letters of the alphabet. Flores de Cala, Mariposa (made of hundreds of tiny stitched butterflies), as well as Ella and Ellas, play with relief, light and volume. Two works, Flowers Power and Viva la Vida, were born from a rare encounter: a designer who handcrafted flowers for major haute couture houses for 35 years. ZapArt gave a second life to the one-of-a-kind samples from her drawers. These materials can no longer be found today, which makes these pieces impossible to reproduce.
Towards pop and resin
In 2025, the Anómalo and Optimismo Colectivo series opened a new chapter. Airbrushed backgrounds, crisply cut vinyl silhouettes and a pour of clear, glass-effect resin give his compositions a graphic, almost digital look, without losing the precision of the handmade gesture.
Spanish titles
His works bear Spanish titles in tribute to his friend and collaborator Adriano, whose thirty years in Mexico deeply shaped his imagination.
Career and awards
With the LMquadrinpelle project, ZapArt has exhibited at numerous national and international art fairs. In 2024, at ArtePadova, he took 4th place in the 12th edition of the Contemporary Art Talent prize.
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