OPENING ON THURSDAY APRIL 23, 6PM

ANDREA MIRABELLI

IT’S NOT SO MUCH FUN TO PICK UP THE PIECES

TEXT BY GIORGIO VERZOTTI

The works on view focus on a precise and recurring moment: the toppling of the statue as a symbol of overthrown power. Mirabelli captures the culminating instant of a collective gesture—or its immediate aftermath—in which the effigy of authority lies on the ground, fragmented, trampled, and recorded through the gazes and smartphones of onlookers. The imagery stems from media sources, selected by the artist within the flow of digital communication and reworked through a rigorous painterly practice grounded in drawing and observation.

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