Federico Seppi. Frammentazioni

Boccanera Gallery - Milan - presents the artist Federico Seppi with the exhibition Frammentazioni. Inauguration Wednesday 2 February 2022, from 2.00 pm to 9.00 pm.

Ever since the start of his artistic research, Federico Seppi (Trento, 1990) has investigated the places and times in which nature is transformed.
Sometimes this means natural events, while other times it’s the human presence that leaves its mark.
In his sculptures and bidimensional works, Federico Seppi showcases phenomena of the universe, turning them into apparitions.

Right from the tiny landscapes that originate as minimal travel notes, the artist recounts an idea of nature that appears as a mystical vision. These notes start off during his travels, moving through various countries, through the intimate discovery of the environment. The drawings are simplified traces, sometimes almost abstract: natural views whittled down to a signic complexity, enhanced by the presence of frames produced by the artist himself using nineteenth-century moulds. Light and shadow overlap creating an almost tangible presence, where the graphic stroke is at its thickest.

The wall sculptures dedicated to the movement of broken ice, to the falling drop, bear the very ‘skin’ of mountain elements. The glacier (Ghiacciaio Due Forni) is itself a metaphor for existence and its metamorphosis. His use of wood – with its fibres embellished by silvering – outlines a map of the Earth, a subtle weave that seems to erode the surface, giving rise to a movement of concentric waves (Minimi segni) or kaleidoscopic fragmentations (Astrazioni).