Artists: Gabriele Ermini & Jimmy Milani
Exhibition title: Flatlandia
Curated by: Antonio Grulli
Venue: ArtNoble Gallery, Milan, Italy
Date: November 30, 2023 – January 28, 2024
Photography: all images copyright and courtesy of the artists and ArtNoble Gallery, Milan
ArtNoble Gallery is pleased to present Flatlandia, an exhibition curated by Antonio Grulli featuring the works of Gabriele Ermini (b.1996) and Jimmy Milani (b.1995).
The title takes inspiration from the fantastic-fantasy novel “Flatland” by Edwin A. Abbott and wants to give voice and space to two young artists whom Antonio Grulli has been following for some time and in whose work, just like in the book, there is a constant ten-sion between two- and three-dimensionality and a clear interest in the specificity of the medium of painting.
Gabriele Ermini’s research is on an expressly figurative line. The digital and graphic matrix of his works leads to the construction of an image whose rendering conceals the process and pictorial solutions that determine it. The subject often comes into being as a pure pretext for painting, ceding importance to the other elements of the composition.
On the other hand, in Jimmy Milani’s works, iconic subjects, narration, and the materiality of the support interact with each other, developing on both the two-dimensional surface of the canvas and the three-dimensionality of the artwork. Representation takes a back seat in the face of the awareness of living through an interaction with the viewer, highlighting a particular focus on the installation and structural aspects of the work.
In the work exhibited, rationality and feeling collide, giving birth to a constant oscillation between an objective design hypothesis and an intuitive feeling.
It is in this way that Ermini and Milani’s works create an unexpected narrative, which leads the viewer to focus on the transposition of the image, breaking out of the two-dimensionality and openly dialoguing with the objective dimension of the medium under investigation.
Gabriele Ermini & Jimmy Milani, Flatlandia, 2023, exhibition view, ArtNoble Gallery, Milan
Gabriele Ermini, Senza Titolo (il tranello), (2023), Acrylic and enamel on canvas, 180 x 160 cm
Gabriele Ermini & Jimmy Milani, Flatlandia, 2023, exhibition view, ArtNoble Gallery, Milan
Jimmy Milani, Scarabocchio (SS51-tratto fra San Candido e Cortina), (2023), Acrylic on canvas, cristal PVC, 220 x 202 cm
Gabriele Ermini & Jimmy Milani, Flatlandia, 2023, exhibition view, ArtNoble Gallery, Milan
Jimmy Milani, Scarabocchio (aspettative rosee-fifa blu), (2023), Acrylic on canvas, cristal PVC, 220 x 202 cm
Gabriele Ermini, Bucchero blu (maratona), (2023), Acrylic and enamel on canvas, 40 x 30 cm
Gabriele Ermini, Bucchero blu (nuotatori), (2023), Acrylic and enamel on canvas, 40 x 30 cm
Gabriele Ermini, Bucchero blu con uova, (2023), Acrylic and enamel on canvas, 40 x 30 cm
Gabriele Ermini & Jimmy Milani, Flatlandia, 2023, exhibition view, ArtNoble Gallery, Milan
Gabriele Ermini, Bucchero blu (le tre grazie), (2023), Acrylic and enamel on canvas, 40 x 30 cm
Gabriele Ermini, Senza titolo (cavalier), (2023), Acrylic and enamel on canvas, 150 x 100 cm
Gabriele Ermini & Jimmy Milani, Flatlandia, 2023, exhibition view, ArtNoble Gallery, Milan
Jimmy Milani, Scarabocchio (auto-ritratto con biscotti), (2023), Acrylic on canvas, cristal PVC, 220 x 202 cm
Gabriele Ermini & Jimmy Milani, Flatlandia, 2023, exhibition view, ArtNoble Gallery, Milan
Gabriele Ermini, Frecce nel sonno, (2023), Acrylic and enamel on canvas, 120 x 100 cm
Gabriele Ermini & Jimmy Milani, Flatlandia, 2023, exhibition view, ArtNoble Gallery, Milan
Gabriele Ermini & Jimmy Milani, Flatlandia, 2023, exhibition view, ArtNoble Gallery, Milan
Jimmy Milani, (((°) . (°))), (2023), Acrylic on canvas, steel, 100 x 90 x 15 cm
Jimmy Milani, (->>) . (<<-), (2023), Acrylic on canvas, steel, 41 x 78 x 3 cm
Jimmy Milani, (-+!) . (!+-), (2023), Acrylic on canvas, steel, 55 x 96 x 3 cm
Jimmy Milani, (!!!) . (!!!), (2023), Acrylic on canvas, steel, 79 x 67.5 x 3 cm
Jimmy Milani, (•:::) . (:::•), (2023), Acrylic on canvas, steel, 25 x 56 x 3 cm
Jimmy Milani, (§) . (§), (2023), Acrylic on canvas, steel, 100 x 90 x 15 cm
Jimmy Milani, ‘’’’(O),,,, . ‘’’’’(O),,,, (2023), Acrylic on canvas, steel, 47 x 78 x 3 cm
Jimmy Milani, (X°) . (°X), (2023), Acrylic on canvas, steel, 70 x 104.5 x 8 cm
Jimmy Milani, ( * ) . ( * ), (2023), Acrylic on canvas, steel, 27 x 37.5 x 3 cm
Jimmy Milani, (!!•!¡) . (¡!•!!), (2023), Acrylic on canvas, steel, 60 x 108 x 3 cm
Jimmy Milani, (—o) . (o—), (2023), Acrylic on canvas, steel, 23 x 113 x 3 cm
Jimmy Milani, (»»•) . (•««), (2023), Acrylic on canvas, steel, 42 x 86 x 6 cm
Jimmy Milani, (#) . (#), (2023), Acrylic on canvas, steel, 55 x 95 x 3 cm
Jimmy Milani, (ò) . (ó), (2023), Acrylic on canvas, steel, 31 x 63 x 3 cm
Gabriele Ermini & Jimmy Milani, Flatlandia, 2023, exhibition view, ArtNoble Gallery, Milan
Gabriele Ermini, Cavalieri che spettegolano, (2023), Acrylic and enamel on canvas, 45.5 x 30 cm/each
Gabriele Ermini & Jimmy Milani, Flatlandia, 2023, exhibition view, ArtNoble Gallery, Milan
Gabriele Ermini, Uova nello studio #1, (2023), Acrylic and enamel on canvas, 30 x 20 cm
Gabriele Ermini, Uova nello studio #2, (2023), Acrylic and enamel on canvas, 30 x 20 cm
Gabriele Ermini, Uova nello studio #3, (2023), Acrylic and enamel on canvas, 30 x 20 cm
Gabriele Ermini, Uova nello studio #4, (2023), Acrylic and enamel on canvas, 30 x 20 cm
Gabriele Ermini, Uova nello studio #5, (2023), Acrylic and enamel on canvas, 30 x 20 cm
Gabriele Ermini, Uova nello studio #6, (2023), Acrylic and enamel on canvas, 30 x 20 cm
Gabriele Ermini & Jimmy Milani, Flatlandia, 2023, exhibition view, ArtNoble Gallery, Milan
Gabriele Ermini, Senza Titolo (la corsa sul crinale), (2023), Acrylic and enamel on canvas, 200 x 180