Manuele Cerutti's First Solo Show at Guido Costa Projects
Manuele Cerutti (b. 1976) presents his first solo exhibition at Guido Costa Projects in Turin, featuring the large-scale painting 'Motus naturalis', which took two years to complete. The work expands his usual format, blurring the boundary between represented and real space. It references classical fragments, evoking Géricault's anatomical pieces and Caravaggio's dirty feet, suspended between metaphysics and anachronism. Smaller studies reveal a Morandian attitude, depicting stones, metal pieces, and bones. The show draws on Empedocles' idea of homogeneity between humans and objects, and Francis Ponge's poetic stance of 'going over to the side of things'.
Key facts
- Manuele Cerutti's first solo show at Guido Costa Projects in Turin
- Features the large painting 'Motus naturalis'
- Painting took two years to complete
- Unusual large format for Cerutti
- References classical fragments like Géricault and Caravaggio
- Smaller studies show a Morandian attitude
- Depicts stones, metal pieces, and bones
- Inspired by Empedocles and Francis Ponge
Entities
Artists
- Manuele Cerutti
- Théodore Géricault
- Caravaggio
- Giorgio Morandi
- Francis Ponge
- Empedocles
Institutions
- Guido Costa Projects
Locations
- Turin
- Italy