The Purple Chamber
2023
Views of the exhibition
Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro, Milan, Italy
Curator Chiara Nuzzi
In The Purple Chamber, the artist condenses the themes and research that have always characterised his work within a space of reinvention and meditation: a true cosmology, conceived by the artist as a world taking shape in front of the public. A constantly changing space in which different elements - sculpture, drawing, performance - meet and intertwine with each other while maintaining their potential autonomy. The public is invited to enter an intimate and disorienting environment, the walls of which are covered by lilac curtains that reveal the presence of sculptures and drawings in a continuous game of layers. These include the newly produced body of work The Purple Chamber series (2023) and a mighty wall painting - especially conceived for the exhibition - as well as earlier works such as Sans titre (ombre blanche) (2020) and You & I (fallen orbiters) (2023).
Extract from the exhibition presentation, Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro, Milan, Italy
© Adagp, Paris
The Purple Chamber, 2023, view of the exhibition, Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro, Milan, Italy, photo Andrea Rossetti and Tiziano Ercoli, Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro
The Purple Chamber Series (IV), 2023, acrylic felt pen on aluminium, view of the exhibition The Purple Chamber, 2023, Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro, Milan, Italy, detail, photo Andrea Rossetti and Tiziano Ercoli, Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro
The Purple Chamber Series (I), 2023, acrylic felt pen on aluminium, view of the exhibition The Purple Chamber, 2023, Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro, Milan, Italy, detail, photo Andrea Rossetti and Tiziano Ercoli, Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro
The Purple Chamber, 2023, view of the exhibition, Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro, Milan, Italy, photo Andrea Rossetti and Tiziano Ercoli, Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro
The Purple Chamber, 2023, view of the exhibition, Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro, Milan, Italy, photo Andrea Rossetti and Tiziano Ercoli, Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro
The Purple Chamber Series (Owl), 2023, wall painting, view of the exhibition The Purple Chamber, 2023, Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro, Milan, Italy, detail, photo Andrea Rossetti and Tiziano Ercoli, Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro
Du ciel, à travers le monde, jusqu’aux enfers (Lucifer), 2020, oxidised copper, 3D laser engraving on glass, view of the exhibition The Purple Chamber, 2023, Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro, Milan, Italy, detail, photo Andrea Rossetti and Tiziano Ercoli, Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro
The Purple Chamber, 2023, view of the exhibition, Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro, Milan, Italy, photo Andrea Rossetti and Tiziano Ercoli, Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro
The Purple Chamber Series (V), 2023, acrylic felt pen on aluminium, silk curtains, The Purple Chamber Series (VI), 2023, acrylic felt pen on aluminium, silk curtains, view of the exhibition The Purple Chamber, 2023, Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro, Milan, Italy, detail, photo Andrea Rossetti and Tiziano Ercoli, Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro
The Purple Chamber Series (VI), 2023, acrylic felt pen on aluminium, silk curtains, view of the exhibition The Purple Chamber, 2023, Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro, Milan, Italy, detail, photo Andrea Rossetti and Tiziano Ercoli, Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro
The Purple Chamber Series (VI), 2023, acrylic felt pen on aluminium, silk curtains, view of the exhibition The Purple Chamber, 2023, Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro, Milan, Italy, detail, photo Andrea Rossetti and Tiziano Ercoli, Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro
The Purple Chamber Series (V), 2023, acrylic felt pen on aluminium, silk curtains, view of the exhibition The Purple Chamber, 2023, Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro, Milan, Italy, detail, photo Andrea Rossetti and Tiziano Ercoli, Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro
The Purple Chamber (psychomenteum), 2023, printing on transparent adhesive vinyl, view of the exhibition The Purple Chamber, 2023, Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro, Milan, Italy, detail, photo Andrea Rossetti and Tiziano Ercoli, Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro
The Purple Chamber (psychomenteum), 2023, printing on transparent adhesive vinyl, view of the exhibition The Purple Chamber, 2023, Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro, Milan, Italy, detail, photo Andrea Rossetti and Tiziano Ercoli, Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro