Antonio Lanna and Brando Pignatelli Double Solo in Salento Hangar

In a disused industrial hangar near Capo di Leuca, Salento, the double solo exhibition of painters Antonio Lanna (Caserta, 1997) and Brando Pignatelli (Naples, 1997) features about twenty large-scale works each, mostly created during lockdown. The raw space, with rusty cables and a concrete beam dividing two naves, becomes a theater for suspended figurative installations. Lanna's large-format paintings on canvas and paper are characterized by expressive, vibrant brushwork and narrative lyricism, depicting interiors, circus tents, and surreal characters in visual dialogue with the surroundings. Pignatelli works on large boards with oil paint combined with cement, quartz, glass powder, and other materials, creating a material and spatial quality that references Italian painting tradition, focusing on the relationship between concrete architecture and visionary spatiality, with forms and volumes arranged like a contemporary triptych. The exhibition is held at Cooperativa Nuova Contadina, Castiglione 2020.