Adelaide Cioni

P420 is proud to announce Grande assurdo, a solo exhibition by Adelaide Cioni (Bologna, 1976), curated by Saverio Verini at Palazzo Collicola in Spoleto, Italy.

For the occasion, the artist presents a brand-new project, conceived specifically for the ground floor of the Palazzo. This is the artist's first solo exhibition in an Italian public institution: an immersive journey in which each room unfolds as a single vision, populated by geometric, organic and archetypal forms, amidst suspended elements, vertical lawns, recurring symbols and non-human presences.

Through materials such as fabric, plaster and wood, Cioni engages with the museum's architecture, enhancing its perspectives, lengths and viewpoints in a continuous perception interplay that transforms the usual configuration of the museum's space. The exhibition, drawing on influences ranging from art history to the theatre of the absurd via mystical visions, takes the form of a series of enveloping and surprising spaces, leading the visitor beyond the ordinary into a poetic and liberating dimension.