GIORGIO CIAM. Pittura, scultura, stratificazioni (GIORGIO CIAM. Painting, sculpture, stratifications) is the second solo exhibition of Italian artist Giorgio Ciam (1941-1996) at the gallery, curated by Elena Re.
The exhibition – the second solo show of the artist’s work in the gallery, highlights the most mature and vibrant part of Ciam’s production, that from the 1980s. This was a period in which the artist achieved the all-round expression of his soul as a painter and sculptor, yet without abandoning the medium of photography. While working within the International Body Art context, throughout the ’70s Ciam had addressed the theme of identity starting from his own body and most of all his face, adopting a form of performative photography through which to make tangible the boundless quest for the self. However, the freedom to ‘layer’ images, media, experiences and emotions emerged forcefully at the start of the ’80s, proving itself over time to be a practice capable of adding particular depth to his research. Through a selection of more than forty works from the Giorgio Ciam Archive, the exhibition thus sets out to offer an outlook which is as just as intriguing as it is original: painting, sculpture and stratification as the keys to the true identity of the artist.
