Incroci

Incroci is a project designed to provide space for confrontations, exchanges, sharing and dialogue between Italian and international artistic and cultural realities.

Nashira Gallery‘s second collaboration was with the z2o Sara Zanin Gallery, which exhibited a solo show of the artist Andreas Zampella in its project space (z2o Project) between the 26th of January and the 24th of February 2024.

The artwork on show, whose design was unique as it featured an organic base contrasted with a synthetic one, was chosen from Zampella’s most recent creations. Those included wall paintings, a wall drawing, and an environmental sculpture. 

The topics covered created a deep emotional bond with “Cuori in Atlantide”, a 2022 publication in “OperaViva Magazine” that included an essay written by Giovanna Ferrara, a journalist for Il manifesto (1978–2023). This essay brings back memories of the years 1992–1996 and documents the sudden generational shift that overtook the general population, who at the time firmly believed they were a part of a still analog revolution.

As a result, Zampella’s exhibit resembled a significant, bizarre emotional depiction of that particular generational shift, specifically the turning point from “wanting everything” to “not knowing what to want”. 

So the exhibition showed running legs, burning fire, entwined laces, and walking lemons. A tale of motion and stillness, community and isolation, the need to run and the difficulty of doing so. 

An almost ‘theatrical’ exhibition in which the artist intended to pay homage to the journalist, her statements, and that specific historical period.