Iva Lulashi's Erotic Tension at Prometeo Gallery Milan
Iva Lulashi's solo exhibition 'Where I end and you begin' is on view at Prometeo Gallery Ida Pisani in Milan, featuring 23 oil-on-canvas paintings that explore sexuality, identity, history, and memory. The works blur boundaries between innocence and debauchery, desire and pleasure, curiosity and abuse, inviting viewers into a liminal space of erotic tension. Lulashi draws from Albanian communist-era erotic and pornographic films, reworking frames into ambiguous, close-up compositions that evade clear spatial-temporal coordinates. The paintings depict human bodies on the verge of carnal engagement, with fragmented perspectives that heighten ambiguity. Titles add poetic complexity. The exhibition presents an experience of voyeurism oscillating between curiosity, embarrassment, and seduction, emphasizing the viewer's role in deciphering the enigmatic imagery.
Key facts
- Exhibition title: Where I end and you begin
- Artist: Iva Lulashi (born 1988 in Tirana)
- Venue: Prometeo Gallery Ida Pisani, Milan
- Works: 23 oil-on-canvas paintings
- Themes: sexuality, identity, history, memory
- Source material: Albanian communist-era erotic and pornographic films
- Exhibition explores liminal space between innocence and debauchery
- Paintings feature close-ups and fragmented perspectives
Entities
Artists
- Iva Lulashi
Institutions
- Prometeo Gallery Ida Pisani
Locations
- Milan
- Italy
- Tirana
- Albania