Marcello Tedesco's 'Megaloschemos' at Galleria Arrivada Milan

Marcello Tedesco's solo exhibition 'Megaloschemos' opened at Galleria Arrivada's new Milan space in 2018, curated by Samuele Menin. The show treats the gallery as a living organism: walls were sprayed with 50 kg of salt to accelerate chemical reactions on works. The exhibition comprises three rooms: the first features calcium chloride sculptures that dissolve into liquid and gas; the second has a video installation of rotating salt stones; the third contains 200 meters of bent iron rod in dim light. Tedesco describes his practice as working with thought rather than matter, aiming to strip away cultural coding to access reality. He cites Lucio Fontana as an influence. The artist's upcoming project is a large-scale work for a collector in Trentino, blending sculpture and architecture.