Bruno Melappioni

DUPLICES. Linee di realtà tra razionalità e creazione

Curated by Penelope Filacchione
DUPLICES. Linee di realtà tra razionalità e creazione
Inaugurates on 18 April at Art Sharing Roma the exhibition by Bruno Melappioni born from his three‑dimensional interactions on the photographs of Agnese Fantozzi
Type
Solo Exhibition
Artists
Curators
Genres
Photography
Mixed media
Sculpture
Duration
18 Apr-16 Mag 2026
Vernissage
Saturday 18 Apr 2026 17:00-21:00
Location
Associazione ArtSharing Roma
Address
via Giulio Tarra 64 - 00151 Roma [RM] Italia
Opening hours
thu-sat 5-8 PM
Further information
Contact
Author
Art Sharing Roma
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Codice CNREMJ - ID 3807 - UM 2026-04-07 11:21:50
Agnese Fantozzi (autoritratto fotografico), Maschera antigas.

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DUPLICES brings into relation two artistic practices that, although coming from different languages, share a tension toward constructing the image as a space of inquiry hence the subtitle Their self‑portraits by Agnese Fantozzi photographer and interior designer with international experience intertwine with the wire‑sculptures of Bruno Melappioni giving life to a visual device based on duplication duplication of the body of the gaze of the form of time of matter The exhibition does not simply present two artists but two ways of generating reality through its multiplication
The photographic practice of Agnese Fantozzi is rooted in a technical and compositional awareness developed through years of work in diverse cultural contexts from Australia to Japan from California to New York and through experiences as a set photographer In her self‑portraits this experience condenses into a gesture of self‑duplication the self‑portrait is already in itself an act of doubling so the artist is simultaneously subject and author body and director presence and construction The sculpture of Bruno Melappioni by contrast is deeply rooted in physicality He has always worked with iron his most congenial language because it is the material in which his vision finds resistance friction possibility

Working on the dynamic lines of Agnese Fantozzi’s photographs Bruno Melappioni adds to those images a new duplication which is that of his vision and interpretation the result is of surprising lightness and elegance a perfect coexistence between the writing of light of photography and the new shadows that the metal lines project onto the photographic surface In this operation emerges the experience of Bruno Melappioni in theatre and film set design where it is necessary to evoke worlds with a few essential elements building presences through subtraction in which space is a protagonist and not a simple void This attitude is fully present in his sculptures figures outlined by a continuous wire that do not occupy space but activate it forms that do not imitate the body but interpret its posture through a selection of lines that accompany and exponentially multiply its tension the direction of the gaze A work that operates through a rigorously rational analysis of the image but then opens it to infinite creative and perceptive possibilities

BRUNO MELAPPIONI – BIO

Born in 1950 Bruno Melappioni lives and works in Rome in his much‑frequented studio in San Lorenzo For over fifty years he has been active in the worlds of art theatre and cinema experimenting with different techniques and materials from polystyrene for theatre and film sets to iron his main medium for sculpture He has also worked with wood plaster and plastic addressing a wide range of themes His works have been exhibited in numerous shows in Italy and abroad Also noteworthy are two art residencies at the Farm Cultural Park of Andrea Bartoli in Favara and Mazzarino and also for the Farm a monument in Custonaci in the province of Trapani For more information HERE his website

INFO

DUPLICES Linee di realtà tra razionalità e creazione 18 April – 16 May 2026 Curated by Penelope Filacchione Art Sharing Roma Via Giulio Tarra 64 – 00151 Opening 18 April 2026 5-9 pm

Visiting hours Tuesday to Saturday 5-8 PM Contacts 338-9409180 artsharing.roma@gmail.com Press office ArtSharing Roma ufficiostampa@artsharingroma.it

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