Se il paesaggio è simbolico: group show at Boccanera Gallery, Milan

The group exhibition 'Se il paesaggio è simbolico' at Boccanera Gallery in Milan explores the topos of landscape through painting and sculpture, with nature as co-author. Curated by Linda Carrara, the show features six Italian artists: Carrara herself (Bergamo, 1984) uses frottage with vertical cuts to evoke immersion; Fabio Roncato (Rimini, 1982) lets river forces shape wax or earth; Giuseppe Adamo (Alcamo, 1982) employs fluid gestures like water rivulets; Lorenzo di Lucido (Penne, 1983) layers brushstrokes to animate surface with light; Vera Portatadino (Varese, 1984) questions painting's grammar and philosophical elements; Silvia Giordani (Vicenza, 1992) reworks images from virtual archives to redefine their nature. The exhibition rejects ecological intentions, instead advocating for simplification and a return to harmony with nature, allowing viewers to be surprised by landscape's infinite variability. A quote by Pierre-Auguste Renoir is cited: 'How difficult it is to understand in making a painting what is the exact moment when the imitation of nature must stop.' The show positions the artists as flâneurs in nature, returning to the source of imagery.