Comunicato stampa | Press release
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Now in its third edition, Luci di via stems from the gallery’s desire to extend its exhibition space along the outer perimeter, occupying the spots once marked by the pub lanterns left behind by the building’s former tenant.

Artists are invited by curator Giuliana Benassi to create site-specific installations, reflecting on space, light, and the sea. The project’s title derives from nautical terminology and refers to the lights used by vessels, not to see, but to allow others to see the ship’s presence. With this subtle metaphor, pointing to the desire to signal one’s identity beyond the confines of the gallery’s interior space, Matèria offers a project that engages with public space in the streets of San Lorenzo.

For this edition, Wang Yuxiang (Anhui, China, 1997) presents a sculptural intervention titled We Have No More Mysteries (Non abbiamo più misteri), in which light - both artificial and natural - becomes an integral part of the installation. The artist’s research is rooted in the study of the relationships that unfold within the meshes of nature and their simulation, drawing from an imaginary that favors the staging of rhetorical figures and layered allusions. The worlds of science and philosophy enter his work as tools for shaping thought. In addition, his experimentation with diverse materials, both organic and inorganic, leads the artist to incorporate methods of Eastern tradition, often reinterpreted in original and unexpected ways.

The works exist both by day and by night, engaging with the interplay of natural and artificial light. They embed themselves into the texture of the gallery’s exterior walls, blending almost seamlessly into the urban fabric, as if they were wild grass.

As per tradition, the unveiling of the exterior lights is purposefully scheduled in between exhibitions, clearing the interior gallery space for a single, key work by the artist commissioned for Luci di via.