Venice Past

L'esprit de l'escalier

Michele Spanghero

Dec 02^nd

Mar 02^nd 2024

Solo show

In dialogue with Tracks, a retrospective by sound artist Michele Spanghero on view until 10 December 2023 at Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa in Venice, L'esprit de l'escalier aims at offering a deep dive into the artist's latest projects, in which absence and impossibility are key conceptual elements.

Special event for the finissage of the exhibition, on Saturday 2 March, at 6.30pm:
Audio Visual Performance, conceived by the artist in collaboration with visual designers Marino Cecada and Massimo Racozzi.

Michele Spanghero, 'Good Old Times (Portrait)', 2023, Polaroid on expired acid, wood frame, 40 x 40 x 6 cm

Exhibition view 'L'Esprit de L'Escalier', solo show, 2023, Galleria Alberta Pane, Venice

Michele Spanghero, 'Nothing to Say', 2021, Concrete, 23 x 37 x 23 cm

Exhibition view 'L'Esprit de L'Escalier', solo show, 2023, Galleria Alberta Pane, Venice

Michele Spanghero, 'Study for Zero Sum (Hexahedron)', 2023, Pen and marker on paper, 45 x 36,5 x 6 cm

Michele Spanghero, 'Study for Zero Sum (Right Triangle)', 2023, Pen and marker on paper, 45 x 36,5 x 6 cm

Michele Spanghero, 'Study for Zero Sum (Tetrahedron)', 2023, Pen and marker on paper, 45 x 36,5 x 6 cm

Exhibition view 'L'Esprit de L'Escalier', solo show, 2023, Galleria Alberta Pane, Venice

Michele Spanghero, 'Halo', 2023, Graphite and pigment on sand paper, 69,5 x 53,5 x 2 cm

Exhibition view 'L'Esprit de L'Escalier', solo show, 2023, Galleria Alberta Pane, Venice

Michele Spanghero, 'Nothing to Say' and 'Nothing to See', 2021, Engraving on paper, wood frame, 29,7 x 42 cm each

Michele Spanghero, 'Zero Sum (Right Triangle)', 2023, Stainless steel, plastic band, 150 x 175 x 5 cm