Fabio Ricciardiello

As we say in Italy, I “made a hole in the water.”
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Codice 05
Clay
Ø 41 × h 12 cm ca
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Inspired by the words with which John the Baptist pointed to Christ — “Behold the Lamb of God” — the artwork depicts a life-sized ceramic lamb that recalls traditional Sicilian Easter confections. Across its body, bite marks open gashes from which a soft, precious, gold-colored stuffing emerges: wounds that do not consume, but reveal. It is the Lamb who proclaims peace and, at the same time, whispers “do not touch me.” Noli me tangere thus becomes an invitation to recognize the sacredness of fragility and to interrupt the predatory gesture that turns the sacred into an object, the living into a thing.
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The artwork will be part of the exhibition Vox Clamantis. The Baptist Today, curated by .guastella.14 and Ciro Salinitro, which will take place from December 20, 2025 to January 20, 2026 at the Cathedral Museum of Palazzo Garofalo in Ragusa, Sicily.
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Noli Me Tangere | decorated and crystallized semi- refractory piace, with a ceramic lace insert and shimmering gold fabric padding | 52x26x21 cm | 2025
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Just Dance!
Ballerina_FineArt print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag 308 g_60x80 cm_(white wooden frame_section 1.3x4 cm. with 70% UV anti-reflective glass. Artwork mounted on 2mm Dibond, edge-to-edge mounting, spacer, and closing frame)_Edition: 2 + 1 A.P. A small ballerina-shaped plastic fork affixed to the reverse of the frame.
2025
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