Today, the front page of the specialized national publication Exibart features an editorial article about our exhibition, “Michelangelo Pistoletto / Mario Schifano. Preistoria delle nuove immagini” curated by Lorenzo Madaro and currently on view at the gallery. The two artists move with casual and refined attention to fields that share a common denominator: the image.
Between 1961 and 1962, Michelangelo Pistoletto began his first experiments that would later lead to the conception of mirrors, one of the most significant revolutions in the history of contemporary art of the 20th century: mirror-polished stainless steel was the most suitable material for photographic images printed on tissue paper. Mario Schifano, on the other hand, reflects on images through a sort of transit membrane of active and present memory, live: television. He photographs it because he considers it an auxiliary muse and a window onto the world.
The exhibition is open until November 29, 2025. The exhibition catalogue, published by Metilene Edizioni and edited by Lorenzo Madaro, is currently being prepared and will be available at the end of the month from the publisher, at the gallery, and in major Italian bookstores.