Loredana Longo's Body and Space Exhibition in Palermo
Loredana Longo (born 1967 in Catania) explores the relationship between body and space in her dual-venue exhibition at FPAC gallery in Palermo and Milan. The artist uses her own body as a paradigm to understand human limits and boundaries, creating works that include body casts, stitched skins, and videos. These pieces transform the exhibition space into a stage where the body becomes an autonomous entity, with skins and seams acting like scars that suggest an epidermal fabric. The works invite viewers to reflect on the corporeal space they inhabit, where pain and pleasure are directly manifested. The exhibition emphasizes the body as both an intimate dwelling and a visible, independent entity that dynamically occupies space.
Key facts
- Loredana Longo was born in Catania in 1967.
- The exhibition is held at FPAC gallery in both Palermo and Milan.
- The works include body casts, stitched skins, and videos.
- The body is presented as an autonomous entity.
- The exhibition space becomes a stage for the artist's movements.
- Skins and seams suggest an epidermal fabric.
- Viewers are led to reason about their own corporeal space.
- The exhibition explores pain and pleasure as direct experiences.
Entities
Artists
- Loredana Longo
Institutions
- FPAC
Locations
- Palermo
- Milan
- Catania