Nunzio. Drawings

8 Jun-17 Sep 2023

PV 8 Jun 2023, 6-8pm

Overview

"The sign invents space, describes it, engraves it, defines and explains it. The sign as a trace, as a creator of space." (Nunzio 2023)

Following the great success of Nunzio’s first solo exhibition in London The Shock of Objectivity in 2019, Mazzoleni is delighted to present Nunzio. Drawings, a selection of new and unseen works on paper by the artist, which will be on view for the first time at the London gallery from Thursday, 8 June to Sunday, 17 September 2023.

In the artworks on display the dualisms and dialogues that recur in Nunzio’s research are evoked through the use of black and white – charcoal – on Japanese paper: fibrous and with a consistency of matter (i.e. presence), the shadow defines as much as the light, the black line is a tension that seeks to break out of the physical limits of the sheet that holds the generative forces of space. Just as in his combusted wooden sculptures and lead works, Nunzio’s drawings reveal an almost alchemical process that triggers an unexpected metamorphosis of the matter.

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