Arcangelo Sassolino's 'No Flowers Without Contradiction' Opens at Repetto Gallery Lugano

Arcangelo Sassolino's solo exhibition 'No Flowers Without Contradiction' opens at Repetto Gallery in Lugano on September 20, 2024, running through January 2025. Curated by Luca Massimo Barbero, the show features eight new works created specifically for the gallery's new lakeside space on Via Maraini. The exhibition explores the artist's obsession with capturing the moment when something transforms into something else through physical force manipulation, combining industrial elements with traditional sculptural materials. Highlights include 'No memory without loss,' a mobile disc that perpetually drips oil, and 'Non separare il sì dal no,' a tension piece with granite on glass. The centerpiece is 'Violenza casuale,' a hydraulic installation outside the gallery that slowly crushes logs from Storm Vaia, evolving throughout the exhibition. A catalog with texts by Andrea Cortellessa, Paolo Repetto, and a conversation between Barbero and Sassolino accompanies the show. This is Sassolino's second solo exhibition with the gallery, following a 2017 London show.