Giuseppe Gabellone exhibits in Canelli between contemporary art and wine archeology

From May 18 to Sept. 28, 2025, the spaces of PALAZZOIRREALE in Canelli (Monferrato) will host the second exhibition event of the contemporary art center inaugurated in 2024 by the Bosca family, at the helm of the historic Piedmontese sparkling wine company. The protagonist of the new exhibition is Giuseppe Gabellone (Brindisi, 1973), an artist known for his multimedia approach and ability to combine sculpture, installation and photography in devices that interrogate space and perception. The exhibition project, curated by Giorgio Galotti, proposes a set of nine works articulated between the company’s production environments and the ancient cellars, recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

The itinerary includes sculptures, photographs and an unpublished intervention conceived specifically for the venue, created under the creative responsibility of Diana Berti, who coordinates the center’s activities. The programming privileges experimental practices and involves internationally recognized artists, building over time a permanent art collection linked to the history and identity of the area. Gabellone’s intervention is based on a narrative through images in which each work constitutes a stage in the definition of a horizon, understood as a visual trajectory, narrative direction or unexpected appearance. The exhibition opens with the photograph Head Upside Down (2024), placed at the entrance to the spaces as a symbolic threshold to an altered landscape. The work introduces a parallel universe in which industrial architecture dialogues with enigmatic forms and transfigured details, inaugurating an exploration that continues through the juxtaposition of bas-reliefs, wall sculptures and a photograph arranged on the floor.

A central element of the entire project is the unseen work Sunset Slips (2025), installed inside the large production line room. It is a motorized projector that generates and moves a square of yellow light across the surfaces of the room, continuously redefining the space and interacting with the architectural structure. The work acts as a generative element of the overall rhythm of the installation, influencing tensions and colors of the other presences in the exhibition. In this luminous device, Gabellone condenses his interest in immaterial sculpture and the energy of movement as a formal principle.

Materiality and light in the works on view

Next, a series of tin castings made especially for the occasion are distributed along the walls, introducing a tactile and analytical dimension. The material is layered and reveals fragments of abstract landscapes, evoking an ever-changing mental cartography. The first of two light sculptures titled Untitled (2018) is placed beyond a large glass window, expanding the scene outward and establishing a direct relationship between the inside and the outside. Its steel structure houses a sequence of light bulbs that pulsate with an intermittent rhythm, requiring the eyes to adapt to the variation in light and imposing a perceptual slowdown. The path closes inside the so-called “Underground Cathedrals,” the historic cellars of the Bosca house. In this damp and silent context, the second Untitled, also from 2018, finds its place: a large-scale sculpture-lantern that fits into the darkness of the galleries and accentuates its depth, without directly representing the environment but acting as an autonomous presence.

Giuseppe Gabellone exhibits in Canelli between contemporary art and wine archeology

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