Aiko Miyawaki's Brass Sculptures Illuminate Milan's Studio Gariboldi

Studio Gariboldi in Milan presents 'Aiko Miyawaki: Sculpture 1966-1969', a solo exhibition at Palazzo Cicogna curated by Giovanni Gariboldi and Stefano Turina, running until January 28, 2025. The show focuses on the Japanese artist's late-1960s brass sculptures, featuring geometric forms made from profiled brass tubes that are potentially movable. Miyawaki, born in Tokyo in 1929, had a special bond with Milan through encounters with Piero Manzoni, Lucio Fontana, and Enrico Castellani. At the entrance, a triangular black granite sculpture inscribed with 'Listen to your portrait' invites viewers to engage in silent dialogue. The first room includes 'Work Installazione, 1965-1968', a square-section sculpture composed of 289 brass pipes. The works are displayed on white plinths, allowing multi-perspective viewing. Curators describe the sculptures as 'small architectures' where the invisible inhabits the material. Miyawaki's brass pieces explore refraction, fleeting light reflection, visual repetition, and invisibility, obsessing over time, space, and light. The exhibition transforms the gallery into a golden labyrinth, with installations acting as living organisms that change with light and time.