Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo presents Rinascimento, the first Italian solo exhibition of works by Adrián Villar Rojas. Born in Argentina in 1980, the artist has received international acclaim through a language that has a strong impact, and explores the narrative potential of contemporary sculpture. Many of his works have a monumental scale, and include multiple references – to art history as well as pop culture, ranging from literature to films, from music to comics to sci-fi, and often take the form of installations that have the power to completely change the spaces they inhabit, giving shape to scenes and worlds to explore almost as if they were ‘films made of sculptures’. Read more.
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