Artist: Gianni Asdrubali

curated by Lorenzo Madaro
simultaneously at Galleria Artra in Milan

The A arte Invernizzi and Artra galleries in Milan present a solo exhibition of Gianni Asdrubali, curated by Lorenzo Madaro.

The exhibition is conceived as a single itinerary through the two Milanese galleries, where the artist has been the protagonist - over the years - of numerous solo and group exhibitions. On this occasion recent works will be presented in dialogue with the cycles developed since the 1980s.

Starting out from 1979, Gianni Asdrubali has created works which in being totally independent have no need to be related to the exhibition space in so far as they are interactive because they reciprocally reinforce each other and, even if different, can claim to have infinite and casual orders: they can be exhibited individually or else can become a sole entity.
“For a work to create space - in short, that it can activate the surrounding space from simply being passive to being active - it is necessary that this is forcefully autonomous, that it is independent: that it is, in short, ‘something singular’. It is therefore necessary that the work is not subject to any context but is the context in its own right. All of the information that runs through the mind of the artist and that gives rise to the form/antiform of the work is merely instrumental and does not exert a protagonistic influence on the work. All the information and interactions during the work process have to be declared invalid as a function of a ’birth’, of a final result that is something ‘other’ with respect to the initial information. It is only if the work is ‘alone’ can it be able to make the world. Otherwise it only describes the world”. (Gianni Asdrubali)

The exhibition will be accompanied by a bilingual catalogue with a text by Lorenzo Madaro, professor of Contemporary Art History at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera in Milan. The catalogue will also include reproductions of the artworks on display and an updated bio-bibliographic section.