A contemporary Wunderkammer in the village of Tellaro. The exhibition by Donzelli, El Asmar, Sgherri and Landi.

A work that combines the works of four artists, namely Maurizio Donzelli (Brescia, 1958), Elena El Asmar (Florence, 1978), Gianluca Sgherri (Fucecchio, 1962) and Gabriele Landi (Schaerbeek, 1971) occupies the entirety of Fourteen ’s small space in the beautiful village of Tellaro (La Spezia), in Piazza Figoli: Fourteen thus becomes a contemporary Wunderkammer with the interventions of the four artists in harmonious dialogue. The exhibition is part of the programming that the Fourteen Art Contemporary Art Observatory, led by Gino D’Ugo, is presenting for this summer 2023, as it has for the past few years: titled Debacle, the schedule opened with the exhibition featuring the works of Regina José Galindo and Massimo Mazzone, and is now in its second installment. The exhibition by Donzelli, El Asmar, Sgherri and Landi, which began on May 13, continues through June 2.

On the walls the public will find the two interventions by Maurizio Donzelli and Elena El Asmar , who divide the space into equal parts, working on the idea of saturation of the environment. Both El Asmar and Donzelli have in fact reasoned around the variation of a theme that, changing through reversal, overturning and mirroring, distends the image in a kaleidoscopic mode. On the floor, Gianluca Sgherri intervenes with some of his typical trompe l’oeil “piercing” the floor with some circular trapdoors that open onto unexpected scenarios. Finally, Gabriele Landi’s intervention overlaps with Elena and Maurizio’s at the point where they meet relaunching the dialogue, adding a further chromatic and three-dimensional reverberation to the whole. An untitled exhibition that transforms a space into a choral work of art.

“The idea,” says Gabriele Landi, who conceived the exhibition, “was to invite several artists to exhibit simultaneously in the view of the Debacle as the name of the exhibition states. So he told me invite you in turn other artists to exhibit with you ... I chose to invite three friends with whom I feel I have a bond of syntony in the modus operandi: Elena El Asmar, Maurizio Donzelli and Gianluca Sgherri. Besides the names I had no idea how to proceed, so with Elena, Gianluca and Maurizio we gave each other a ’telematic appointment and within minutes we came up with the idea. It was not a foregone conclusion the only one who knew all the artists was me, but I have to say that things turned right away, which definitely means something.”

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A contemporary Wunderkammer in the village of Tellaro. The exhibition by Donzelli, El Asmar, Sgherri and Landi.

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