Alberto Di Fabio's Cosmic Gate Exhibition in Ferrara

Ferrara, a city with a Renaissance tradition of celestial observation, hosts Alberto Di Fabio's solo exhibition 'Cosmic Gate' until July 31, 2016. Curated by Veronica Zanirato, the show explores the artist's personal reflection on the cosmos through an inorganic iconography of ancestral artifacts, conceptually linked to Neoplatonic philosophy. Di Fabio, born in Avezzano in 1966 and recently exhibited in Rome and Naples, presents a cosmology that is both observational and visionary, blending idealist perspective with objective reality. The artist manipulates earthly and celestial matter like a modern alchemist, using knowledge of neurons and synapses—the organic microcosm as a means to understand the infinite macrocosm. The exhibition references Ferrara's astrological heritage, notably Aby Warburg's 1912 lecture that decoded the 15th-century frescoes in Palazzo Schifanoia's Salone dei Mesi, which depict courtly life, peasant scenes, mythological figures, and astrological Decani.