José Angelino's Kinetic Sculptures Challenge Equilibrium at Galleria Bonomo

José Angelino (Ragusa, 1977) presents a new exhibition at Galleria Bonomo in Rome, featuring kinetic sculptures that defy static equilibrium. The works include ferrous stems that contract rhythmically, an arcane musical instrument vibrating a steel chain, and two balsa wood lances dancing sinuously like lovers. Angelino, trained as a physicist, applies principles of electricity, light, and thermodynamics to his art. The exhibition draws inspiration from Ilya Prigogine's dissipative structures theory; Prigogine won the Nobel Prize for thermodynamics applied to complex systems far from equilibrium. This follows Angelino's 2016 show at the same gallery, which focused on the Leidenfrost effect of liquid calefaction.