David Cantoni
Davide Cantoni was born in 1965 in Milan, Italy and received his MA from the Royal College of Art, London.  His renowned "Burn Drawings" seem to have survived some strangely delicate conflagration–in fact, the result of Cantoni's unusual medium, sunlight directed through a magnifying glass. The surface of each drawing is tattered, singed, and frail. Often the vellum has burnt clean through, leaving irregular holes.  Davide Cantoni has shown extensively in Europe, USA and is held in many private and public collections including the Museum of Modern Art, New York.

Old Man Young Boy, Afghanistan, 2005
Burnt vellum, graphite powder
9 x 12 inches
Courtesy of the artists and Daneyal
Mahmood Gallery, New York
Value: $1,500