MAZZOLENI | TURIN

The exhibition project brings into dialogue works from Italian modernism with contemporary practices, identifying in the representation of the body- both individual and collective – a device of continuity and transformation between painting and photography. The display is conceived as a sequence of encounters, in which each pair of works generates a field of visual and conceptual resonance.

This exhibition presents a selection of works from the Post-War Italian period, a defining moment in Italy’s artistic history, and a core focus of the gallery’s programme and collection. The works explore key developments such as spatial experimentation, material innovation, and sculptural abstraction.

This exhibition presents a selection of works from the Post-War Italian period, a defining moment in Italy’s artistic history, and a core focus of the gallery’s programme and collection. The works explore key developments such as spatial experimentation, material innovation, and sculptural abstraction.

Mazzoleni presents Tracciare il pensiero. 2002-2025 (Tracing Thought. 2002-2025), the first solo exhibition in Turin by Brazilian artist Iran do Espírito Santo. Opening on 29 October during Torino Art Week, the exhibition spans nearly 1,000 squared metres of the gallery’s principal exhibition space, offering a unique retrospective insight into do Espírito Santo’s practice over the past two decades. The project presents new site-specific works conceived specifically for the show in the spaces of the gallery’s piano nobile, creating an intimate dialogue with the surrounding architecture. An internationally renowned artist whose works are held in major collections including MAXXI in Rome, the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, do Espírito Santo has conceived the exhibition as a reflection on his own production, with a focus on two key concepts: light and scale.