Pierpaolo Campanini's 'Un cuore semplice' exhibition at kaufmann repetto explores devotion through objects

kaufmann repetto is hosting Pierpaolo Campanini's eighth solo exhibition with the gallery, titled 'Un cuore semplice' (A Simple Heart). The exhibition title references Gustave Flaubert's 1877 short story 'Un cœur simple,' which follows the life of servant Félicité and her profound attachment to a parrot and its preserved remains. Campanini's work engages with this emotional landscape, focusing on moments where affection materializes and form begins to separate from reality, gaining an autonomous, almost sacred presence. His artistic process involves a layered approach that shifts between physical construction and digital elaboration. Objects are first assembled in the studio, then undergo digital refinement. The exhibition explores how devotion can attach itself to humble items, transforming them through repetition and solitude into images of surprising intensity. Campanini examines the transformation of modest objects into vessels of unexpected emotional power, mirroring Flaubert's narrative of loss and mystical connection. The show presents works that embody this transition from physical reality to autonomous presence, creating what the artist describes as a 'sacred residue.' Through this exhibition, Campanini continues his investigation into the emotional registers of attachment and the transformative potential of everyday objects when imbued with personal significance.