On the second floor of the gallery,  Giovanni Anselmo will be showing a project that combines two historical works: Oltremare mentre appare verso nord est  “I have used this colour as though it were a material, more like a strip of land or like a compass than a colour in the strictest sense. In Antiquity, ultramarine was brought to Europe from afar – from ultra marinus or ‘beyond the sea’ – from which it takes its name. It points to an elsewhere that is all around us, in every direction.

This is because, here on Earth, whichever direction you choose to go in, sooner or later you’ll find yourself beyond the sea. For me, placing this colour on a wall means choosing and pointing in that direction, towards the ultra-marine on the wall and the ultra-marine in the space outside...” and La luce mentre focalizza “…it’s a luminous energy, a constant pulsation of light on a body that I want to pick out, but in a sort of impalpable way.”