Gianni Pellegrini at Rolando Anselmi

Artist: Gianni Pellegrini

Venue: Rolando Anselmi, Rome, Italy

Date: January 14 – March 11, 2022

Photography: all images copyright and courtesy of the artist and Rolando Anselmi, Berlin/Rome

Rolando Anselmi is pleased to announce Emersi, Gianni Pellegrini’s first solo exhibition at the gallery in Rome, curated by Gianluca Ranzi.

The exhibition, set up on the two floors of the gallery, presents a selection of new works specifically conceived for the occasion, representing the development of the investigation into the constituent elements of painting and the relationship between light and color that has characterized the artist’s research since 1970s.

Pellegrini’s paintings – whose work is developed in series – originate from an accumulation of imperceptible layers of paint spread uniformly over the surface. The linear austerity of Pellegrini’s early works, rooted in the analytical experiments of Objective Abstraction, is transfigured in the new body of work in a sophisticated layering of lighting planes, towards an increasingly ethereal dimension already announced in the previous series and evidenced in the exhibition by two works from the Profili cycle.

Emersi is characterized by a vibrant quality created by delicate veils of color, reducing the composition to a field of light of varying intensity. The colors of his works thus emerge as dematerialized planes, which become ethereal presences and accentuate the perception of the chromatic tensions within the painting, radiating towards the surrounding environment.

Gianni Pellegrini (b. 1953, Riva del Garda) lives and works in Riva del Garda. In 1976 he joined the Astrazione Oggettiva group, in 1978 he had his first solo exhibition at L’Indiano gallery in Florence and in the early ’80s he exhibited at Il Sole in Bolzano and at Ferrari in Verona. In this period he also had important personal exhibitions at Palazzo delle Albere in Trento (1985) and at Mèta Gallery in Bolzano (1986). In the early ’90s he had solo and group exhibitions at Peccolo Gallery in Livorno, Plurima Gallery in Udine, the Galleria Casati in Bergamo and Cavenaghi in Milan. Selected solo exhibition: Galerie Rolando Anselmi (Rome, 2022; Berlin, 2018), MART Galleria Civica di Trento (Trento, 2019), Fondazione Salvadori-Zanatta (Meano, 2016), Numero 2 Arte Contemporanea (Trento, 2011), Vittoriale degli Italiani (Gardone Riviera, 2001), MART (Rovereto, 1996), Galleria Nuova 200 (Bologna, 1986). Selected group exhibition: Galerie Rolando Anselmi (Rome, 2020), Complesso monumentale di Santa Caterina (Finale Ligure, 2020), Villa Contarini (Piazzola sul Brenta, 2017), Rocca di Umbertide (Umbertide, 2017), Estorick Collection (London, 2016), Galleria Civica di Trento (Trento, 2015),Cavenaghi Arte (Milan, 2008), Galerie Florian Trampler, (Diessen am Ammersee, 2007), Frankfurter Westend Galerie (Frankfurt, 2005), Galleria Nothburga (Innsbruck, 2005), Galleria Stracke (Cologne, 2003), Istituto Italiano di Cultura (Berlin, 1999), Galerie Kyra Maralt (Berlin, 1999), Casa dei Carraresi (Treviso, 1996), Palazzo della Permanente (Milan, 1994).

Gianni Pellegrini, Emersi, 2022, exhibition view, Rolando Anselmi, Rome

Gianni Pellegrini, Emersi, 2022, exhibition view, Rolando Anselmi, Rome

Gianni Pellegrini, Emersi, 2022, exhibition view, Rolando Anselmi, Rome

Gianni Pellegrini, Emersi, 2022, exhibition view, Rolando Anselmi, Rome

Gianni Pellegrini, Emersi, 2022, exhibition view, Rolando Anselmi, Rome

Gianni Pellegrini, Emersi, 2022, exhibition view, Rolando Anselmi, Rome

Gianni Pellegrini, Emersi, 2022, exhibition view, Rolando Anselmi, Rome

Gianni Pellegrini, Emersi, 2022, exhibition view, Rolando Anselmi, Rome

Gianni Pellegrini, Emersi, 2022, exhibition view, Rolando Anselmi, Rome

Gianni Pellegrini, Emersi, 2022, exhibition view, Rolando Anselmi, Rome

Gianni Pellegrini, Emersi, 2022, exhibition view, Rolando Anselmi, Rome

Gianni Pellegrini, Emersi, 2022, exhibition view, Rolando Anselmi, Rome