Dave Buonaguidi Fucking Loves This Place

by Electric Gallery

Wednesday 5 November 2025

Dave Buonaguidi has never been one to whisper. His latest work, I Fucking Love This Place, takes the energy of travel and pins it to fabric. Quite literally. Each vintage map in this new series is overlaid with gold embroidered typography, transforming found materials into tactile declarations of affection for the world’s most beloved destinations.

This edition celebrates Southern Europe, Italy, the Adriatic coast, and beyond, stitched with unapologetic joy. The gold thread shimmers against the aged cartography, contrasting modern irreverence with antique elegance. Every map carries its own history: softened edges, small tears, the quiet marks of time.

Each artwork incorporates found fabric maps sourced by the artist. Minor frays, marks, and irregularities are intentionally preserved to emphasise the handmade nature of the edition.

Renowned for combining found objects and typography, Dave Buonaguidi turns everyday materials into statements of intent. From vintage maps to currency and postcards, his work reclaims forgotten ephemera and injects them with emotion, humour, and humanity.

With this embroidered series, the artist moves from ink to thread, from printed impact to stitched permanence, giving each word literal texture and weight.

“I Fucking Love This Place” is both a declaration and an anthem for wanderlust. It’s about that instant spark of belonging. The street you never want to leave, the coastline etched in memory, the taste of somewhere you’ll always return to.

Buonaguidi captures that raw emotion in gold, balancing sentimentality with swagger. It’s nostalgic and rebellious all at once. Exactly what makes his work so unmistakably his.