Nunzio De Martino ...sofferte onde serene...

Nunzio De Martino's works are at the same time abstract painting, textile, haptic surface, sometimes literally like a relief formed of layered thread stitches. On the one hand, the material and method remain the same, i.e. canvas, threads, sewing machine, the resulting seams form lines, layers, sometimes rippled by the artist leaving perforations - needle marks in a machine rhythm like pauses calculated by a metronome. On the other hand, each of his works is a testimony to the struggle between his hands, the matter and the machine, which tugs at the canvas in a steady rhythm.

This exhibition celebrates the bond between music and the visual arts, their mutual, intimate inspirations and parallels, and, directly and above all, pays tribute to the musical genius Luigi Nono on the 100th anniversary of his birth.

In an interview, Nono once said about contemporary music: “it’s like listening to the wind. You hear something that passes but do not hear the beginning, do not hear the end, and perceive a continuity of absences, presences, and indefinable essences.” The quoted key words, matters of continuity and indefiniteness, constantly accompany De Martino's work.