“I had a farm in Africa at the foot of the Ngong Hills.”
Karen Blixen, Out of Africa

"This is not the exhibition we were planning.

The exhibition that was supposed to open was a solo show by Omar Ba. We talked it over at length, adding the finishing touches just a few weeks ago. Suddenly a phone call came from Senegal: on the eve of Omar’s wedding his sister felt ill; she was rushed to the hospital, and the news was of the kind no one would ever want to hear.

Everything changed. There was no wedding and the exhibition was postponed.

Now what? You shuffle the deck, pick a card (five of hearts… we’re not into Tarot).

To each his own oracle.

The gallery’s tutelary deity is Alighieri Boetti. Order and Disorder: a starting point and a spur to reflection on life: one cannot exist without the other. There is no life without death.

This exhibition springs from our desire to react, each in his or her own way, basing a contribution on gained experience. It is an attempt to get our bearings after a gust of wind has thrust open the window and blown the cards off the table.

We dedicate this exhibition to Omar, Oumar, Chiara and all those who in life have suddenly crossed paths with fate".

Artists: Alighiero Boetti, Nicolò Bruno, Matteo Ceretto Castigliano, Vanni Cuoghi, Andrea Mastrovito, Fred Sandback, Victoria Stoian, Sol LeWitt.