Marco Cordero and Francesca Gagliardi Explore Ritual and the Sacred in Turin
Two artists, Marco Cordero (born 1969 in Cuneo) and Francesca Gagliardi (born 1972 in Novara), present complementary visions of ritual, myth, and the sacred in a joint exhibition in Turin. Cordero transforms books—through incineration and desecration—into alienating sculptures and installations that evoke the supernatural. Gagliardi blends references to shamanic practices with everyday femininity, merging the ordinary and magical, modern artifice and divine nature. Their works combine universal energies, mandalas, yantras, and wooden and bronze shamans with glass lipsticks, crochet doily casts, and perfume bottles, creating an uneasy fusion of higher forces and human scale. The exhibition reveals an exegesis of the future. The review is written by Federica Maria Giallombardo.
Key facts
- Marco Cordero was born in 1969 in Cuneo.
- Francesca Gagliardi was born in 1972 in Novara.
- The exhibition is in Turin.
- Cordero uses incinerated books as symbolic objects.
- Gagliardi references shamanic practices and feminine everyday objects.
- Works include mandalas, yantras, wooden and bronze shamans, glass lipsticks, crochet doily casts, and perfume bottles.
- The exhibition explores ritual, myth, the ancestral, and the sacred.
- The review is by Federica Maria Giallombardo.
Entities
Artists
- Marco Cordero
- Francesca Gagliardi
- Federica Maria Giallombardo
Institutions
- Artribune
Locations
- Cuneo
- Novara
- Turin
- Italy