From February 22 to March 15, 2026, the Civic Museums of Villa Paolina in Viareggio will host Equilibrium, a solo exhibition by Iacopo Giannini. The project, curated by Beatrice Bortoluzzi and realized under the patronage of the Municipality of Viareggio, proposes a crossing of the theme ofbalance understood as an existential condition, beyond any exclusively formal reference. The title refers to an inner dimension concerning individual experience. Balance is presented as a constant tension, as a threshold between fall and resistance, between limit and desire. Not an acquired condition, but rather a quest that accompanies existence and highlights its structural fragility.
Giannini’s work develops in a symbolic dimension that recallscircus imagery without translating it into literal description. The figures evoked refer to recognizable archetypes: the tightrope walker becomes a metaphor for contemporary precariousness, the clown takes on the traits of exposed vulnerability, the acrobat synthesizes risk as a necessary passage. Embedded in this tension between gesture and meaning is a reflection on the cyclical nature of human experience, which re-proposes conflicts and questions in different forms, demanding a more conscious gaze each time. The exhibition solicits a direct confrontation with the image. The viewer is called to measure himself with unresolved areas, suspended relationships, fears that resurface. The other, represented, acts as a mirror. Balance emerges as an ongoing process, not as a landing point. The unpredictable dimension of existence is intertwined with recurring dynamics, bringing attention back to what remains to be faced.
The opening is scheduled for Sunday, Feb. 22, at 6 p.m. at the Musei Civici di Villa Paolina, Via Machiavelli 2, Viareggio, with institutional greetings and the presence of the Viareggio City Council’s Culture Councillor, Dr. Matteucci.
The exhibition venue will be open Wednesday through Saturday from 3:30 to 7:30 p.m.; Sunday from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and 3:30 to 7:30 p.m.
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