Giuseppe Gonella's 'Chasing Lights' Opens at Galleria Giovanni Bonelli in Milan

Giuseppe Gonella (born 1984 in Motta di Livenza) returns to Galleria Giovanni Bonelli in Milan for his second solo exhibition, 'Chasing Lights,' four years after his first. The artist, who has lived in Berlin for years, presents paintings that transport viewers into ever-changing imaginary worlds where reality and dream merge, alluding to dystopian futures, forms of resilience, or joyful passages of life. While the work is infused with personal memories and aspirations, Gonella avoids a single narrative, allowing each viewer to identify with the story. The exhibition's title suggests a pursuit of light. In the large-scale work 'Vivenze III' (2017), the artist captures the atmosphere of the Northern Lights seen during a stay in Iceland, but that memory serves as a pretext for creating inner geographies where traveling through a new territory reflects a personal desire to start anew.