ENZA GALANTINI

Untitled #21, 2021

Artist’s studio London

198th RSA Annual Exhibition 2024, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh

Reclaiming Magic, Summer Exhibition 2021, Royal Academy of Arts, London

Coordinate by Yinka Shonibare

Mask, 2021

Bronze, 10 x 13 x 10 cm

Reclaiming Magic, Summer Exhibition 2021, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 22 September - 2 January 20022

By casting a surgical mask into bronze, I transform it into an amulet, an object believed to ‘protect a person from trouble’. By eliminating the mask’s original functionality with the use of a different material, I emphasise the apotropaic status of the daily gesture of wearing a surgical mask.

Drawing from Lightning, Madeinbritaly, London

Drawing from Lightning, Artist Book, Collection of Drawings, project by Laura Santamaria.Installation view at Madeinbritaly, London, 7 March - 21 April 2017

SFD III(Senza fissa dimora),2018

Ink and pen on photographic paper, each:x 29.6 x 10.5 cm

Open Studio, VIR Viafarini in Residence, Milan

SFD II (Senza fissa dimora), 2015

Ink and pen on photographic paper, each: 29 x 21 cm

Installation view, group exhibition, Open Studio VIR, Viafarini in Residence, Milan, 27 March - 15 June, 2015

SFD II (Senza fissa dimora), 2015

Ink and pen on photographic paper, each: 29 x 21 cm

Installation view, group exhibition, Open Studio VIR, Viafarini in Residence, Milan, 27 March - 15 June, 2015

SFD II (Senza fissa dimora), 2015
Ink and pen on photographic paper, 29 x 21 cm, 1 out of a series of 45

Installation view, group exhibition, Open Studio VIR, Viafarini in Residence, Milan, 27 March - 15 June, 2015

Untitled #08, 2011, Installation view, group exhibition, Open Studio VIR, Viafarini in Residence, Milan, 27 March - 15 June, 2015

Photo credits: Špela Volčič

Untitled I and Untitled II, 2014 - Oil on canvas, 200 x 200 cm each.

Installation view at the artist’s studio, 2014

Simone Berti and Enza Galantini, Untitled, 2015

Mixed media on canvas and frame, ink and pen on PVC and frame, each: 40 x 40 cm

Diptych with Simone Berti, installation view, Studio Geddes - Franchetti, Roma, March 2015

Photo by Simone Berti

MARS, Milan

Untitled #8, 2011

Installation view, Untitles, duo exhibition with Marzia Corinne Rossi, MARS, Milan, 23 February - 1 March, 2012

Prière de toucher, 2014

Group show at MARS,Milano.Curated by Giulia Brivio and Ermanno Cristini

Esercizio di socializzazione (n2), 2014 - Typographic cliché , plexiglass, 5,5 x 2 x 18 cm - View of project at MARS, Milano

L’atelier del pittore, 2014

Curated by Pietro Di Lecce.

Senza fissa dimora I, 2014

Mixed media on photographic paper, 29 x 21 cm each

L’Atelier del pittore, The Workbench, Milan, 2014

Estate, Marianne Boensky Gallery, New York

Curated by Lucie Fontaine.

My friends and I don’t go to the beach, 2012

Soap, human teeth, synthetic hair, shoe polish, wax, dog’s hair, gold, 120 x 75 x 15 cm

Installation view, group exhibition, Estate, Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York, 15 August - 15 October, 2012

Courtesy Lucie Fontaine and Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York

Photo credits: Genevieve Hanson

My friends and I don't go to the beach, 2012 (Detail)

Photo credits: Alessandro Zambianchi

Soap opera, 2011

DNA projectbox, Venice

Soap Opera, 2011
Soap, fiberglass insulation, 50 x 40 x 34 cm

Installation view, solo exhibition, Soap Opera, DNA Project Box, Venice, 13 October - 3 December 2011

Soap Opera was a site-specific work made while in a ten day residency at the DNA Project Box, an artist-run space in Venice. I conceived the work while staying silent for the duration of the residency. In silence, memo- ries resurfaced very quickly, especially while being in a historical setting. The process of making the work was guided by an act of emotion-based memory retrieval. Upon conclusion of the residency, the work was destroyed. With this action I was exploring the idea of erasure of personal memories and collective amnesia when it comes to specific historical events.

Photo credits: Alessandro Zambianchi

Enza Galantini, 2011

Solo show at galleria upp, Venezia. Curated by Marco Tagliafierro.

Photo credits: Alessandro Zambianchi

Installation view, solo exhibition, Enza Galantini, Galleria Upp, Venice, 5 June - 30 September 2011

Courtesy galleria upp, Venice

Photo by Caterina De Cesero

Installation view, solo exhibition, Enza Galantini, Galleria Upp, Venice, 5 June - 30 September 2011

Courtesy galleria upp, Venice

Photo by Caterina De Cesero

Installation view, solo exhibition, Enza Galantini, Galleria Upp, Venice, 5 June - 30 September 2011

Courtesy galleria upp, Venice

Photo by Caterina De Cesero

Untitled #07, 2011

ink and pen on PVC, 123 x 123 cm

Untitled #06, 2011 - ink and pen on PVC, 123 x 123 cm

Photo credits: Alessandro Zambianchi

Il raccolto d’autunno continua ad essere abbondante, 2014

Group show curated by Chiara Agnello and Milovan Farronato, DOCVA, Fabbrica del Vapore, Milan

Soprammobile I, 2010 and Untitled #01, 2009 - Installation view at DOCVA, Milan

Untitled #02, 2010 and Untitled #03, 2010 - Installation view at DOCVA, Milan

Photo credits: Zeno Zotti

Una luce rischiara l’oscuro scrutare, la morte non sa leggere, 2010

Curated by Marco Tagliafierro

Soprammobile I, 2010

Group exhibition, Una luce rischiara l’oscuro scrutare. La morte non sa leggere, Galleria Uno + Uno, Milano, 15 April - 25 June, 2010

Soprammobile I, 2010

Soap, ink, rice, fiberglass insulation, shoe polish, 48 x 40 x 35 cm

Photo credits: Alessandro Zambianchi

Soprammobile I, 2010 (Details)

Coffee Drawings, 2010- Coffee and pen on photographic paper, 21 x 29.6 cm each

" …There are no more mosquitoes... ", PART. I, II, III 2009

Solo exhibition,Lucie Fontaine, Milan, 28 October - 1 December 2009

Tutti credono al portinaio, e l’odore di trippa in scatola riscaldata ti salta addosso se fai la rampa di scale della palazzina A. Viene dall’inquilina del quinto piano. Il suo centrotavola di fiori sbiaditi e logori come quelli delle tombe dimenticate, lo conserva in balcone, o meglio quello che era un balcone, cioè prima che intervenisse per farlo diventare una chiusa dependance del suo appartamento di 70 mq. Parla sempre del suo centrotavola, dice che è un ricordo, finge una lacrima, ma pare se lo sia comprato proprio lei.

E comunque l’ultima volta la trippa in scatola era scaduta, e la signora se ne è accorta solo quando in bocca aveva assunto una strana consistenza e si era aggrappata alla dentiera. Adesso se la incontri in ascensore ti bacia e ti regala un “santino”.

La dentiera è finita tra i fiori del centrotavola.

Everybody believes the caretaker, and the smell of reheated tinned tripe hits you if you go up the stairs in apartment block A. It comes from the tenant on the fifth floor. She keeps her floral centrepiece of faded and worn-out flowers, like the ones on forgotten graves, on the balcony, or to be more exact, on what was the patio before turned into a closed annexe of her 70sqm flat. She always speaks about her centrepiece, says it’s a memento, pretends to shed a tear, but she was probably the one who bought it.

In any case, the last time the tinned tripe was past its due date, and the woman only realised when, once in her mouth, it formed a strange texture and stuck to her dentures. Now, if you meet her in the elevator, she kisses you and gives you a small holy picture.

Her dentures finished up amongst the flowers of the centrepiece.

Enza Galantini

The folded soil blanket, 1998/2009 Soil, 16 x 40 x 38 cm

Installation view, solo exhibition, ... there are no more mosquitoes... Part I, Lucie Fontaine, Milan, 28 October - 1 December 2009

The folded soil blanket requires daily care and can not be left alone for too long. Made out of fresh soil, it needs watering to prevent it from drying. With this work, I explore the idea of the presence of death in everyday life.

VDS, 2005

Lambda print mounted on aluminium, 123 x 123 x 2cm

Untitled, 2008 - pen on PVC - 2.22 x 1.21 cm - each -Installation view at Lucie Fontaine, Milan

Untitled,1997 - Stell wool, variable dimensions - Installation view at Lucie Fontaine, Milan

Untitled, 2007 - Different substance and pen on photographic paper 21 x 29.7 cm - Each

Trolley for No Soul For Sale - A Festival of Independents – X INITIATIVE, New York,2009, mixed media, 90 x 63 x 37 cm

Photo credits: Alessandra Sofia

MOTEL LUCIE, Milan

Fuorisalone MOTEL LUCIE, Via Ventura, Milan, 2010

Protesi per il volo, 1998

Mixed media, 110 x 38 x 193 cm

Canal Grande, Venice, 1996