Pietro Spirito's Arcade Paintings at Theca Gallery Milan
Pietro Spirito (born 1981 in Manduria, lives in Berlin) presents his solo exhibition 'Arcade Paintings' at Theca Gallery in Milan. The show explores the ambivalence of the term 'arcade' through paintings that layer a polychrome grid—imposing geometric logic—over freer, sometimes subtractive gestures. This juxtaposition of disintegration and construction confuses the viewer's reading planes, creating the illusion of human error amid violently synthesized chromatic landscapes and an unconscious search for completeness. The exhibition is reviewed by Ginevra Bria, art critic and curator at Isisuf – International Institute of Futurism Studies in Milan, who specializes in contemporary Latin American art.
Key facts
- Pietro Spirito was born in Manduria in 1981 and lives in Berlin.
- The solo exhibition is titled 'Arcade Paintings'.
- The exhibition is held at Theca Gallery in Milan.
- The works layer a polychrome grid over free, subtractive gestures.
- The grid imposes geometric logic on the visual narrative.
- The paintings explore disintegration and construction of the image world.
- Ginevra Bria is the reviewer, an art critic and curator at Isisuf.
- Isisuf is the International Institute of Futurism Studies in Milan.
Entities
Artists
- Pietro Spirito
- Ginevra Bria
Institutions
- Theca Gallery
- Isisuf – Istituto Internazionale di Studi sul Futurismo
Locations
- Manduria
- Berlin
- Milan
- Italy