From April 22, Milan, at Palazzo Reale, the first exhibition in Italy dedicated to Leandro Erlich.
Argentinian artist, born in Buenos Aires in 1973, Erlich is well-known to the public for his large installations that allow for interaction and engagement, becoming an integral part of them.
The artistic career of Erlich is marked by numerous accolades and international exhibitions, starting from the Venice Biennale where, in 2001, he represented Argentina.
One of his most famous installations is “Swimming Pool“, first exhibited in New York and later becoming part of the permanent collection of the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art in Kanazawa in Japan.
Leandro Erlich Beyond the Threshold at Palazzo Reale in Milan
The Leandro Erlich Beyond the Threshold exhibition at the Palazzo Reale in Milan represents the Italian and European debut of the artist.
This gives the public the opportunity to explore Erlich’s artistic research, which brings ordinary elements into an extraordinary context.
Here are the palaces that one can virtually climb, the uprooted houses suspended in the air, the elevators that lead nowhere, the escalators tangled like threads of a ball of yarn, the disorienting and surreal sculptures, the videos that subvert normality leading to explosive, entertaining, exciting, and surreal results.
The Perception of Reality According to Erlich
His work starts from the perceptual foundations of reality and proceeds to investigate the ability to question these very foundations through a visual framework.
The architecture of the everyday is a recurring theme in Erlich’s art, which aims to create a dialogue between what we believe and what we see, as well as to bridge the gap between the museum space and everyday experience.
Erlich’s Works in Milan
In Milan, his most notable works arrive, which, for the first time, are gathered in the same venue.
Each work by Leandro Erlich can be read as a window to the world sensitive to the gaze, which instead of deceiving reveals the landscape that each person holds within themselves.
An artwork by Erlich initially evokes a sense of familiarity with the everyday, only to then instill a certain doubt.
Upon closer observation of the work, one begins to question what is truly in front of them, inevitably starting to doubt it as if facing an inexplicable phenomenon.
The primary aim of Erlich is to make the audience question, to raise doubts, and to experience emotions that arise and interact with his works.
These are, therefore, extremely participatory works that, to be truly understood, must be experienced firsthand.
The Leandro Erlich exhibition at the Palazzo Reale in Milan is open until October 4, 2023.
If you are also interested in all the other must-see exhibitions of 2023 in Milan, Rome, Naples, Turin and Venice, we recommend our insights:
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