Alfredo Zelli's Large-Scale Installations at Blocco 13 in Rome

Blocco 13 gallery near the Gasometer in Rome presents two major works by Alfredo Zelli (born 1957, Rome). The small space hosts 'Canto continuo' inside, a complex expressive machine, while 'L'urlo della sibilla' occupies a small garden adjacent to the street. The Sibilla figure emerges from intertwined transparent and plasticized limbs, athletic and Michelangelesque from behind, a desperate metaphysical puppet from the front. Inside, a metal structure suspends transparent acetylene sheets painted with silhouettes that appear as ghosts—colored on the front, dark monochromes on the back—demanding gradual focus. The installation evokes references from Laocoön to imperial adlocutio to Giotto's pietà. The exhibition runs at Blocco 13 in Rome.