Galleria Continua Opens 2019 Season with Four Solo Shows in San Gimignano

Galleria Continua in San Gimignano launches its 2019 exhibition season on January 26 with solo shows by Giovanni Ozzola, Nikhil Chopra, Ilya & Emilia Kabakov, and Nari Ward. The four artists, ranging from mid-career to historically established, will present works across the gallery's original venue. Ozzola's project 'Octopus' draws on a Northwestern University discovery that half the human body originates from cosmic star collisions, exploring themes of existence through photographs, painted wall fragments, and philosophical inquiry. Ilya & Emilia Kabakov's installation 'The Eminent Direction of Thoughts' features a dark room with a chair, colored strings, and a bare bulb, reflecting their decades-long practice of using everyday objects to critique political shifts from the Soviet era to post-Stalinist Russia. Nari Ward's 'Down Doors' series presents doors as transitional portals addressing racism, migration, and national identity, using consumer goods to comment on economic life. Nikhil Chopra presents 'Drawing a Line through Landscape,' a performance, installation, and video piece originally created for documenta 14 in 2017, blending drawing, photography, sculpture, and performance to explore identity and autobiography. The exhibitions run until April 7, 2019.