Zeno Bertozzi, the poetry of silence on display in Bologna

Art as a space for silence and reflection, a place where time seems suspended and emotions emerge without the need for words. This is the underlying theme of Trame silenziose, the solo exhibition of Zeno Bertozzi (Castel San Pietro Terme, 1994), which opened on January 18, 2025 at Galleria Studio Cenacchi in Bologna and runs through February 28. Curated by Raffaele Quattrone, the exhibition is part of a larger project involving two galleries, one in Bologna and one in Milan, emphasizing the importance of collaboration between exhibition spaces. An artistic dialogue that transcends physical boundaries and develops through works that tell of an intimate and hidden world, made of subtle balances and silent expectations.

The works in the exhibition seem to capture a moment of transition, an instant in which movement has not yet been accomplished. Bertozzi’s images are suspended in an inner dimension, where reality dissolves into an impalpable atmosphere and perception becomes deeper. The very title of the exhibition suggests this quest: a silent plot then, an interweaving of forms and suggestions that speak without the need for sound. Many of the works recall the concept of silent melody, an idea that refers to an invisible force that guides, consoles, protects. A language of voids and solids, of imagined sounds and evocative pauses, where silence takes on an expressive power equal to - if not greater than - the noise of the outside world.

Zeno Bertozzi ’s works thus become a place of shelter, a space where art and thought can develop without distraction. A protective shell, similar to the nests of potter wasps that the artist inserts in some works, to suggest a sense of protection from the chaos outside. The reference to nature is not accidental: Bertozzi explores the relationship between man and the environment, between memory and matter, between presence and absence. His works seem to hold fragments of a time that has never quite disappeared, but survives in silence and invisibility.

The exhibition at Galleria Studio Cenacchi is only one of the two stages of this artistic project. A second exhibition space, in Milan, will host another part of Bertozzi’s work, in a journey through two cities and two complementary visions.

The initiative is realized in collaboration with ARTRA Galleria and testifies to the desire to create synergies between different contemporary art venues. A choice that reflects the artist’s own poetics: the invisible connections, the subtle resonances between spaces and thoughts, the value of silence as a fertile ground for creativity.

To visit the exhibition, Studio Cenacchi Gallery will be open Tuesday through Saturday, 4:30 to 7:30 pm. An opportunity to learn about the work of a young artist who invites us to slow down, to listen, to be enveloped by the silence of art.

Zeno Bertozzi, the poetry of silence on display in Bologna

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