Concetta Modica and Ignazio Mortellaro's Duo Show at Francesco Pantaleone Gallery in Palermo

The Francesco Pantaleone gallery in Palermo presents 'All fall down', a two-artist exhibition featuring Concetta Modica (Ragusa, 1969; lives in Milan) and Ignazio Mortellaro (Palermo, 1978). The show explores themes of fragility, fragmentation, impermanence, and movement through sculptures installed without plinths or bases, directly on the floor or suspended. The layout is inspired by the iconographic lines and blocks of the 'Triumph of Death' fresco at Palazzo Abatellis, guiding the spatial arrangement. Modica's series 'Cordata' (2026) features hand-braided ropes with ceramic eyes referencing the fresco's characters, while 'Prosperità' (2022-26) includes ceramic cornucopias with brass grape stems. Mortellaro's 'Le Dame' (2025) presents seven-pointed phytomorphic stars in brass embedded in wooden blocks, and 'La selva' (2026) incorporates a metal net with golden leaves and a serpent. 'Time and Eternity' (2025) combines a rock with an olive root carved with T and E. Modica's 'Caduta' (2025) is a ceramic leaf with pastel-filled holes, and 'Morbida conquista' (2025) stacks dozens of glazed ceramic lambs with a white felt flag. The exhibition runs at the gallery in Palermo.