Bastiaan Woudt Brings 'The Shape of Absence' to MC2Gallery's New Milan Space

Dutch photographer Bastiaan Woudt's solo exhibition 'The Shape of Absence' opens at MC2Gallery's new Milan venue at Via Pietro Maroncelli 7 in the Design District, marking the gallery's return to the city. The vernissage takes place on 10 September 2026 at 18:00 with the artist present, and the show runs through 27 September 2026, open Wednesday to Sunday from 10:00 to 19:00. Curated by Vincenzo Maccarone and Claudio Composti, the presentation functions as a small retrospective organized around three bodies of work: Woudt's classic portrait production, a selection of previously unseen pieces, and the Henro series, described as his most recent and possibly most radical project. The exhibition's visual premise centers on a paradox in which the photographic subject ceases to be a person and becomes a pure form, an architecture of light and shadow occupying space with the authority of a sculpture.