Limes 2. Attraversare i linguaggi

Location: Fondazione 107. Address: Via Sansovino 234 The exhibition project of Fondazione 107 in Torino continues with the exhibition curated by Federico Piccari, shifting the central reflection to the threshold of language. As many as twenty-five artists explore the relationship between different languages through painting, sculpture and installation techniques, concretely challenging the traditional dichotomy between abstract and figurative. The work of art thus becomes a dynamic space of passage in which image, sign, matter and emotion are continuously transformed. The exhibition path takes an in-depth look at the Informal season of the late fifties, a period in which gesture and matter became fundamental tools for expressing a profound emotional dimension. The reflection extends to the comparison between different cultures and visual systems, placing contemporary research in dialogue with historical artefacts such as the Iranian Tabriz carpet, the Adouma mask from Gabon and the Kuba textiles from Congo. In addition, the intertwining of visual arts and poetry is renewed: the artists have personally selected poets and texts to accompany their works, c