Roberto Ciaccio's Metal and Light Exhibition at Building Gallery, Milan
In Milan, Building Gallery is currently showcasing a posthumous exhibition dedicated to Roberto Ciaccio (Rome, 1951 – Milan, 2014), under the curation of Francesco Tedeschi. This exhibit highlights substantial plates made of zinc, iron, and copper, resulting from Ciaccio's partnership with printer Giorgio Upiglio, and emphasizes shades of black and white along with shadows. His artwork contemplates themes of time, repetition, and boundaries, engaging with the thoughts of philosophers such as Heidegger, Benjamin, and Derrida. The collection includes sequentially numbered plates, each standing alone. On the top floor, light-colored geometries of a simple cross introduce sacred motifs. The exhibition, which runs in 2022, features dense blacks influenced by paper, presented without protective glass to enhance the visual experience.
Key facts
- Exhibition of Roberto Ciaccio at Building Gallery, Milan, curated by Francesco Tedeschi.
- Show conceived as an ascent across two floors, with supports lightening and colors brightening.
- Ground floor features heavy zinc, iron, and copper plates from collaboration with Giorgio Upiglio.
- Ciaccio's series record subtle changes in the world, compared to Monet's Rouen Cathedral.
- Work reflects on time, repetition, and limits, engaging with Heidegger, Benjamin, and Derrida.
- Each plate in a series is numbered and autonomous despite deriving from a single matrix.
- Printing allows Ciaccio to maintain distance from the artwork; the artist is elsewhere.
- Top floor features a simple cross geometry in the artist's lightest colors.
- Ciaccio's dense black is influenced by paper that absorbs and discharges color.
- Exhibition omits protective glass to enhance color and paper texture.
Entities
Artists
- Roberto Ciaccio
- Giorgio Upiglio
- Francesco Tedeschi
- Claude Monet
- Martin Heidegger
- Walter Benjamin
- Jacques Derrida
Institutions
- Building Gallery
- Artribune
Locations
- Milan
- Italy
- Rome