Gabriele Grones and Luca Macauda in Trento
At Spazio Kn in Trento, a dual exhibition titled 'Personali matematiche' juxtaposes hyperrealist portraits by Gabriele Grones with abstract pastels by Luca Macauda. The show draws on Wilhelm Worringer's 1908 essay 'Abstraction and Empathy,' which frames art as a tension between mimetic empathy and spiritual abstraction. Grones' meticulous facial studies convey the subject's personality more than the artist's, while Macauda's bright, fragmentary pastels evoke sun-drenched Sicilian memories. The exhibition runs until April 2018.
Key facts
- Exhibition titled 'Personali matematiche' at Spazio Kn in Trento
- Features Gabriele Grones (hyperrealist portraits) and Luca Macauda (abstract pastels)
- Inspired by Wilhelm Worringer's 1908 essay 'Abstraction and Empathy'
- Grones' work treats the face as an object of scrupulous investigation
- Macauda's pastels are described as fragments of sun-drenched Sicilian memories
- The show explores the contrast between the 'personal' and the 'mathematical'
- Curated or reviewed by Sara d'Alessandro Manozzo
- Exhibition runs until April 2018
Entities
Artists
- Gabriele Grones
- Luca Macauda
- Wilhelm Worringer
- Sara d'Alessandro Manozzo
Institutions
- Spazio Kn
- Artribune
- GAM di Torino
Locations
- Trento
- Italy
- Sicily
- Roma