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Open to the public from September 19 to December 18, 2026, Giovanni Anselmo‘s the first solo exhibition in Swiss Italian brings together eight iconical works by one of the leading figures of Arte Povera and one of the most significant artists of the second half of the 20th century. Spanning his entire artistic career, the exhibition retraces the foundational elements of his artistic vision: gravity, energy, magnetic field, time, and the complex interplay of invisible forces that govern both nature and human experience.
From the suspended anticipation of Trespolo (1969) and the conceptual reflections of Particolare del lato in alto della prima I di Infinito (1969 – 1975) and Lato destro (1970), all the way to Linea terra (1970–2017), where a simple gesture expands into a cosmic dimension, each work invites viewers to reconsider their relationship with space and perception. The projected light of Particolare (1972–2026), the precarious balances of the two works Senza titolo (Untitled 1984; 1989–90) and Mentre la terra si orienta (2002 – 2026) , which makes the Earth’s magnetic field perceptible, reveal the essential vocabulary of a practice that brings together heterogeneous materials, so that the energies of the cosmos can manifest themselves.
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Image Credits: Giovanni Anselmo, Linea terra, 1970-2017, soil glued to the wall, variable dimensions
Private collection, Turin; photograph © Paolo Mussat Sartor
