Rochelle Goldberg's Immersive Installation at Casa Masaccio

Canadian artist Rochelle Goldberg (Vancouver, 1984) presents a solo exhibition at Casa Masaccio in San Giovanni Valdarno, Italy, titled after her childhood home. The show is conceived as a single, diffuse installation that intertwines the grand, dark nature of northern Canada—a region central to the late 19th-century gold rush—with personal memory. Goldberg incorporates ancient relics like dolphin and whale skeletons, and traces of human struggle against the landscape. A striking floor installation of interwoven hands evokes gold prospectors, while gold dust scattered on the floor comments on materialism versus nature's grandeur. The exhibition also features sculpted faces, embroidered drapes, and sinuous architectural structures leading toward light, suggesting a luminous childhood. The work is described as poetic, playful, and crepuscular, referencing Sergio Corazzini and Syd Barrett. The exhibition is on view at Casa Masaccio, San Giovanni Valdarno.