Opening on April 4, 2026 at 6 p.m., at the Palazzo del Capitano in Todi (Perugia), in the Sala delle Pietre, is the exhibition Mutazioni by Dario Ghibaudo (Cuneo, 1951), which presents a selection of important works by the artist. The exhibition brings together works related to research developed over the years around the theme of cross-species contamination, a central area of Ghibaudo’s production. The exhibition, which can be visited from April 4 to May 17, 2026, is organized by Deambrogi Gallery in Milan in collaboration with Giampaolo Abbondio Gallery.
The project of the Museum of Unnatural History, conceived by the artist in 1990, also finds its place within this reflection. The museum, imagined as a structure organized according to the models of Enlightenment museums, is divided into rooms inspired by the main fields of science. The institution, however, exists only on a conceptual level and constitutes the theoretical context within which many of the works created by Ghibaudo are placed.
The exhibition Mutations takes up this approach through a layout that recalls the organization of traditional museums. The exhibition itinerary is developed around works that oscillate between the translation of reality and a visionary dimension. Two large sculptures are placed in the outdoor spaces facing the Palazzo del Capitano, while inside the Sala delle Pietre there are also large inks on display, some of them previously unseen, along with a selection of porcelain works.
In his work Ghibaudo adopts an approach that combines conception and material realization. The artist directly uses and works with a variety of materials, including resin, white earth, porcelain, cement, papier mâché (papier-mâché), stone, and marble, choosing them in relation to the needs of the project. Each work thus arises from a process that relates idea and material, while the space that collects them remains imaginary: the Museum of Unnatural History, to which many of them refer, does not exist as a real place.
“... Dario Ghibaudo’s work invites us to enter the estranging normality of the real, to deepen that condition and look at it more and more with open eyes. It is useless to fantasize, to shut oneself up dozing inside one’s own fantasy world: it is reality itself that acquires a sense of estrangement as we open wide our marveling gaze on the world...,” writes Achille Bonito Oliva.
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| Todi, at the Palazzo del Capitano the exhibition "Mutations" by Dario Ghibaudo |
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