LAGUNA

We are pleased to announce that RizzutoGallery is opening a second location in Düsseldorf.

The first exhibition scheduled in the new location is LAGUNA, a double solo exhibition by Francesco De Grandi and Katharina Maderthaner that will be inaugurated on Friday 30 August 2024 at 18:00 at RizzutoGallery in Ackerstraße 34, Düsseldorf - Germany.

Days and times for the first 3 days of opening:

Friday 30.08.24 18 - 21

Saturday 31.08.24 13 - 19

Sunday 01.09.24 13 - 17

Normal visits:

Saturday from 12:00 to 18:00 or by appointment: dus@rizzutogallery.com . +49 (0) 157 73718369

“Laguna” is the name of the exhibition that inaugurates the new venue of RizzutoGallery in Düsseldorf. It is a duo exhibition featuring a series of recent works by two artists of the gallery: Francesco De Grandi (Palermo, Italy, 1968) and Katharina Maderthaner (Meerbusch, Germany, 1982).

‘Laguna’, as well as being the title of an installation by Katharina Maderthaner, it is also a reference to the film Blue Lagoon (1980) that focuses on discovery and growth, on the power of nature, feelings, emotions and eroticism. These topics are present in the works of both artists, even if they are carried out differently.

The title “Laguna” also fits well with the gallery’s step of entering the cultural context of a new city: from Palermo to Düsseldorf, in a new territory, that still has to be discovered and that is very different from where we come from. Just as different are the two artists we are presenting.

She a sculptress, he a painter; different in geographical origin, education, generation, conceptual research, formal approach. The philosopher and geneticist Albert Jacquard wrote that “the other is precious to us to the extent that he is different from us” . If this is true, I am sure that this creative encounter between two excellent artists will truly enrich them as well as us. After all, diversity is the only feature that unites us all.

With enthusiasm and gratitude,

Eva Oliveri and Giovanni Rizzuto