Michele Gabriele's Irresistible Assemblages at White Noise, Rome

Michele Gabriele (born 1983 in Fondi) presents a solo exhibition at White Noise gallery in Rome, featuring assemblages that critique influencer culture and digital seduction. The works combine pseudo-human legs with goat-like hooves, fake calcareous incrustations, tentacular protrusions from seats with thin blades, and elongated geods containing rolled scrolls. These pieces mirror the polished, Instagrammable aesthetics of social media—perfect smiles, photogenic drinks, photoshopped sunsets—that tell the story we want to hear. The exhibition invites reflection on the enchantments of digital popularity and the logic of mechanisms that seduce before being understood. Francesca Mattozzi reviews the show for Artribune, noting the everyday yet disturbing quality of the works.