Tullio Pericoli's Primitive Geometries in Val Camonica

From March 28 to May 17, 2026, the Pieve di San Siro in Cemmo di Capo di Ponte (Brescia) hosts 31 works by Tullio Pericoli, a painter and illustrator from the Marche region. The exhibition, titled 'Terre Rupestri e Terremobili,' merges prehistoric rock art, Romanesque sacredness, and contemporary language. Pericoli's research centers on homeland and territory as perceptual experience, transforming landscape into mental space. The project was prompted by his encounter with Val Camonica's rock engravings, especially the Mappa di Bedolina from Capo di Ponte. In his 'Terremobili' works, Pericoli appropriates the clarity of primitive signs, deconstructing them into semantic units. The exhibition's key theme is stratification, both conceptually and stylistically: Pericoli layers paint, then incises and deconstructs the surface. Critic Salvatore Settis, author of the catalog essay in 'Moebius,' describes this as a 'quasi-surgical (or archaeological) gesture' creating a network of furrows akin to the ancient Camunian graffiti. The installation respects the church's sacredness, with essential staging and light playing across the nave. The exhibition is promoted and curated by the cultural association d'ADA in collaboration with the artist.