Maurizio Donzelli's 'Nets' at Cortesi Gallery, Milan

Cortesi Gallery in Milan presents 'Nets,' a solo exhibition by Maurizio Donzelli (born 1958, Brescia), curated by Alberto Fiz and running until November 15, 2024. The show features a site-specific installation, a sculpture, and paintings on various supports including paper, wood, fabric, and canvas, all designed to challenge the viewer's gaze. Donzelli's 'Nets' are described as a journey within an expanding magmatic sign that creates imaginary architectures. The artist employs a continuous pictorial movement without revisions or uses photography to fix an initial hand-made image before repainting. The exhibition also includes works from two earlier series: 'Mirrors,' optical devices with prismatic lenses that multiply viewpoints and blur truth and falsehood, and 'O' (gold series), monochrome gold works evoking Ravenna mosaics and 1960s-70s conceptual abstractions. Donzelli emphasizes the importance of human action and the need to reobserve his nets, allowing himself to be captured by them and responding with new painting and colors.