Acrobats
From June 26th to August 31st, 2025, the Municipal Center for Art and Culture Il Ghetto in Cagliari hosts 'Acrobats', a solo exhibition by the Nuoro artist Francesco Alpigiano, curated by Chiara Manca, organized by Agorà Sardegna and Coopculture, in collaboration with the Municipality of Cagliari and with the support of the Sardegna Foundation.
The exhibition project originates from a private collection, initiated through patronage and developed over time with rigor and coherence, featuring a substantial nucleus of the artist's works. Alongside the main selection are works from two other collections and a targeted choice from Alpigiano's studio, to create a path that documents over thirty years of activity, from 1994 to the present.
The title 'Acrobats' alludes to the continuous tension between lightness and rigor, between play and structure that characterizes Alpigiano's work. The artist constructs, with attention to detail, a universe populated by alphabetical signs and archetypal symbols, which seem to dance in compositions that are always balanced, rich in meanings and silences.
Displaying these works today, some of which have long remained in private contexts, is an act of listening and rediscovery. The exhibition serves as a bridge between what has been experienced in the private sphere and what is now offered to collective gaze: an opportunity to tune in again to an artistic voice that stands out, deeply consistent, rigorous, and contemporary in its fidelity to itself.
The exhibition offers a structured analysis of the artist's poetics and techniques, with particular attention to the use of mixed materials (wood, metal, fabric, paper, ceramics) and visual experimentation based on typography, alphanumeric composition, and everyday objects such as shirts, buttons, drawers, and letters. The works highlight an autonomous formal language, developed outside the main Sardinian currents of the late 20th century.
Alpigiano has built a solid and non-media-focused practice, far from commercial circuits, oriented towards formal and symbolic research, with results recognized in national and international contexts.
