Artefiera 2026

We are pleased to announce our participation in the 48th edition of Arte Fiera Bologna. This year, we have chosen to surprise our audience with an unexpected proposal. Although MC2Gallery is internationally recognized for its specialization in photography and post-photography, we have decided to present an ambitious project in the section dedicated to painting: a Solo Show by Giuliano Sale. In this new series, Sale pushes his painting toward a staggering organic surrealism, dissolving any hierarchy between the human and the botanical. Fragments of the body, wild plants, and vegetables coexist on the same canvas with vibrant intensity. What emerges is a deeply fleshy and sensual aesthetic, where the natural element is charged with an explicit eros and the object becomes a body.

Sale constructs a visionary universe that evokes the dense and primordial atmospheres of Henri Rousseau, yet contaminates them with a contemporary psychological tension. There is no distinction between the curve of a muscle and the pulp of a vegetable: everything is turgid, alive, almost tactile. The figurations merge into a voyeuristic play where nature is no longer decoration, but a pulsating and desiring organism.

A powerful body of work that redefines the boundary between nature and identity, confirming Sale as one of the most daring interpreters of contemporary figuration.

We look forward to seeing you in Bologna to discover this new chapter of our research. Next week, we will send a special communication with a deeper critical analysis dedicated entirely to the artist and the genesis of this project.

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