Nicola Gobbetto's Initiatory Journey at Galleria Davide Gallo

Nicola Gobbetto (b. 1980, Milan) presents a new solo exhibition at Galleria Davide Gallo in Milan. The show traces a spiritual and initiatory path of self-knowledge, beginning with candles paired with opaque mirrors that allude to humanity's difficulty in recognizing itself. Progressing through fairy tale and myth, the exhibition features objectual and material elements borrowed from reality, which create stumbling blocks and interferences. Gobbetto references classical forms with polystyrene bases evoking capitals and cornices, housing assemblages. The journey concludes with two prints depicting Hercules, bandaged yet heroic, symbolizing vitality. The final allegory is a large hand emerging from the ceiling—that of Atlas—appearing to hold up the sky. Gobbetto's art manifests a collective imaginary where materials and objects suggest narratives embedded in shared perception.