LA PLUS QUE LENTE

Hermann Bergamelli

Curated by Edoardo De Cobelli

October 16 – November 22, 2025

Opening: Thursday, October 16, 6:00–9:00 PM
A+B Gallery, Corsetto Sant’Agata 22, 25121 – Brescia
Hours: Thursday to Saturday, 3:00–7:00 PM, and by appointment.

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A+B Gallery presents La plus que lente, Hermann Bergamelli’s third solo exhibition at the gallery, on view from October 16 to November 22, 2025. The opening reception will take place on Thursday, October 16, from 6:00 to 9:00 PM.

In his recent production, Hermann Bergamelli continues to explore new interpretations of his gestural and process-based practice—rooted in both textile and painterly materiality. The exhibition will feature entirely new works in the form of sculpture, painting, and embroidery.

“Tearing and stitching, cutting and accumulating, painting and erasing are the gestural counterpoints of the actions that generate Hermann Bergamelli’s works: a tireless industriousness hidden beneath the apparent calm of his canvases and sculptures.

In his new body of work, the key moments of the artist’s creative process—stillness and movement—approach the principles of Fullness and Emptiness, as described by writer François Cheng in reference to traditional Eastern art.

Bergamelli’s methodical practice creates Fullness through gesture and movement: whether it’s the accumulation of sculptural totems, filled almost from top to bottom, or the continuous subtraction of layers of paint that lead to the series Sottrazioni (‘Subtractions’).”

(Edoardo De Cobelli)

Born in 1990 in Bergamo, where he lives and works, Hermann Bergamelli studied New Technologies for the Arts at the G. Carrara Academy of Fine Arts in Bergamo (2016) and was awarded a scholarship at Central Saint Martins, London, in 2018. His most significant solo exhibitions include Valgua (A+B Gallery, 2023, curated by Felice Cimatti), Electro Glide in Blu (A+B Gallery, 2021, curated by Irene Sofia Comi), and Stracci a parte (Spazio Giacomo, Bergamo, 2018, part of The Blank ArtDate). Among his group exhibitions: Ricominciare dal silenzio #2 (Co_atto, Milan, 2021), I’ll Be Home Tonight (The House, Milan, 2019), and The Useless Land (Castello di Lajone, 2018, curated by Elda Maresca and Irene Sofia Comi). Winner of the Boscolo Collection Art Prize in 2023, curated by Be Advisor Art Department.