Exhibitions

Giosetta Fioroni. : The future came out of the past. Images and words.

Venice, Italy

Giosetta Fioroni’s silver-hued memories and literary collaborations find a home within the historic library of a Venetian palace.

Giosetta Fioroni, Senza titolo (Ritratto di una madre e una figlia)

Image credit

Giosetta Fioroni, Senza titolo (Ritratto di una madre e una figlia), fine anni Sessanta - inizio anni Settanta, smalto argentato e grafite su tela, cm 90 x 115. Courtesy ACP - Palazzo Franchetti by Fondazione Calarota.

Meet the artist

Giosetta Fioroni

The Movement

Ceramic, Contemporary Art, Painting

ArtLovers Tip

Look closely at the ceramic books created at Bottega Gatti. These are not merely decorated objects but three-dimensional structures where the text by Guido Ceronetti becomes a physical, architectural element of the artwork.

Exhibition Highlights - What you’ll see

Giosetta Fioroni was the lone female voice in the boys' club of Rome's Scuola di Piazza del Popolo. While her contemporaries looked to American commercialism, she looked inward, using industrial silver paint to trap fleeting emotions and childhood recollections on canvas. This exhibition explores how she bridged the gap between the painted image and the written word through lifelong collaborations with writers and poets.

You're watching the way light catches the aluminum varnish of the Argenti series, making portraits of mothers and daughters appear to float like ghosts in a mirror. In the library rooms, hand-bound artist's books and ceramic sculptures that mimic open pages create a tactile conversation between Fioroni’s brushstrokes and the verses of Andrea Zanzotto. The atmosphere is quiet and studious, yet charged with the metallic shimmer of the 1960s.

Worth the trip

  • The Silver Series: Witness the iconic Argenti canvases, where industrial paint creates a reflective, dreamlike surface that transforms 1960s pop culture into personal history.
  • Literary Architecture: See the library of Palazzo Franchetti transformed into a gallery for artist's books and ceramic works that blur the line between sculpture and text.
  • A Singular Perspective: Experience the specific, artisanal approach of the only woman associated with Italian Pop Art, whose work rejects mechanical reproduction for the intimacy of the brush.

How to experience it

Begin in the library rooms to appreciate the delicate interplay between Fioroni’s sketches and the poetry of Goffredo Parise. Move slowly past the Argenti canvases, shifting your position to see how the silver paint changes under the Venetian light coming through the palace windows. After leaving the Palazzo Franchetti, walk toward the Accademia Bridge to watch the sunset over the Grand Canal; the shimmering water often mirrors the metallic, elusive tones of the paintings you have just seen.

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