Repetto Gallery is delighted to present La polvere ci mostra che la luce esiste / When dust reveals the light, the first solo exhibition by Alessandro Piangiamore in the gallery’s Lugano space.
The title draws inspiration from the chapter Dust in Suspension from French philosopher Georges Didi-Hubermann’s book Accidental Knowledge, in which dust becomes a metaphor for what manifests itself only at the moment of passage, collision, or crossing. These reflections are expressed in the artist’s work through visual representations which inhabits an imaginary world, suspended between the real and the ephemeral. In his research, Piangiamore engages in a continuous dialogue with natural elements, chosen for their sensory and perceptual qualities, such as earth, dust, light, air, colours, and smells. The exhibition further explores his poetics in an attempt to give form to that which lies on the border between the intangible and the concrete. Drawing on memory, personal experience, desire, the hues of the sky and the horizon line, the artist delves into the realm that inspires wonder in who can observe: the interplay of dust and light.
On display are videos, installations, sculptures and works on paper: multifaceted acts of manipulation and distortion; imprints; and attempts to capture and make eternal everything that, by its very nature, is destined to escape.
The exhibition will be accompanied by an illustrated catalogue in English and Italian, with a text by Julien Fronsacq, Chief Curator of MAMCO Genève, and an essay by Andrea Cortellessa, critic and historian of literature, published by SilvanaEditoriale.
Image caption: Alessandro Piangiamore, Te lo prometterò, 2025, still from video, 1 h 44’ 43”, courtesy of the artist
