Ishmael Randall-Weeks Returns to Rome with 'Angle of Rotation'

Ishmael Randall-Weeks (Cusco, 1976) returns to Rome after over a decade for a solo exhibition at Federica Schiavo gallery, titled 'Angle of Rotation'. The show, created specifically for the Eternal City, explores the dialogue between Latin American and Italian cultures through architecture, design, and social context. Works include 'Perch', two bronze and aluminum hats symbolizing exchange; 'Surface Perspective (Alberti’s Veil)', a wall-mounted screen referencing Leon Battista Alberti; and the series 'Measurement/Meditations for Scarpa', which blends pre-Columbian motifs with Carlo Scarpa’s architectural elements. The exhibition also features 'Biombo (Carica Perspective)', a mobile sculpture of raw copper from Peruvian mines, and 'Angles of Rotation', a static piece evoking material transformation. Randall-Weeks addresses themes of knowledge and equality through works like 'Codigo Atemporal', 'Units of Measurement', 'Carpeta', and 'Tizas', which incorporate didactic tools to examine power dynamics in access to learning. The artist, who previously resided at MACRO in 2012, presents the show as an invitation to shift perspectives politically and socially.