Lorenzo Puglisi's solo exhibition at LABS Gallery Bologna
Lorenzo Puglisi (born 1971 in Biella) presents three large oil-on-panel works—'Il Grande sacrificio', 'Matteo e l'angelo', and 'Nell'orto degli ulivi'—at LABS Gallery in Bologna. The exhibition explores light as an existential condition of humanity. Figures emerge from dark backgrounds through swift, luminous brushstrokes, creating gestural tensions balanced by precise relationships and references. The rhythm extends to the gallery layout, where works interact as presences shaping each other's existence. Puglisi's roots draw from Caravaggio, Goya, and Francis Bacon, but his imaginative and memory-driven practice transcends tradition, revealing unconscious distortions and the contemporary search for transcendence through a dark, opaque mirror.
Key facts
- Lorenzo Puglisi was born in 1971 in Biella.
- The exhibition features three large oil-on-panel works: 'Il Grande sacrificio', 'Matteo e l'angelo', and 'Nell'orto degli ulivi'.
- The show is held at LABS Gallery in Bologna.
- Light is the central theme, treated as an existential condition.
- Figures are rendered with few, rapid touches of luminous material against dark backgrounds.
- The arrangement of works in the gallery mirrors the rhythmic interplay of the paintings.
- Puglisi's influences include Caravaggio, Goya, and Francis Bacon.
- The works are described as a 'black, opaque mirror' reflecting unconscious distortions and transcendence.
Entities
Artists
- Lorenzo Puglisi
- Caravaggio
- Francisco Goya
- Francis Bacon
Institutions
- LABS Gallery
- Artribune
Locations
- Biella
- Italy
- Bologna