CRACKS
Luca Poncetta
Text by Gabriele Tosi
Until November 9th
A+B Gallery is pleased to present CRACKS, a solo exhibition by Luca Poncetta, curated by Gabriele Tosi. The exhibition, hosted in the gallery’s first hall in Brescia, features new works created specifically for the occasion.
“When you look far away, your fingers smell of lime and coins.” Poncetta’s solo show presents a new series of sculptures that explore the relationship between individual and environment through fear and relief, suggesting a closeness between poison and cure. “Where there is danger, grows also what saves you.” Among worn-out work gloves and bare industrial knives, small bronze castings explore cracks as passages to travel through or places to seek refuge. Cracks is a psycho-emotional substance that the works diffuse throughout the gallery. But it is also a microfracture, one that expands outward. (G. Tosi)
The exhibition is thus a journey between moments of tension and release, where the boundary between threat and protection dissolves. Poncetta’s sculptures stimulate interactions between the person and the environment, inviting a confrontation with states of fear and healing. In this context, materials play a crucial role: bronze and metal behave by exploring forces and weaknesses, while marked surfaces and industrial elements reveal an unexpected psychic and vegetal vitality.
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