Giampiero Tagliaferri's new Milan studio takes centre stage at Salone del Mobile as a site-specific exhibition space, curated by Truls Blaasmo and Chiara Rusconi. The exhibition, titled Materials at Edge, foregrounds materiality, contemporary art, and spatial design as its central narrative devices, transforming an architecturally significant venue — designed by the historic BBPR studio — into an immersive gallery experience. Pushing materials to their breaking point, the works on display feature pierced canvases, textured surfaces, heat-altered metals, and layered treatments that blur the boundaries between painting, sculpture, and design. Rooted in postwar Italian art, the conceptual backbone draws on key references including Fontana, Castellani, Kounellis, Sironi, and Spalletti, placing historical and modern works in direct dialogue with pioneering avant-garde practices to build a compelling art historical continuum. Contemporary artists — Vanessa Beecroft, Olympia Scarry, Francesco Vezzoli, Simon Callery, François Durel, Jermay Michael Gabriel, and Nathalie Provosty — probe material limits through layering, abrasion, and translucency, while site-specific interventions integrate furniture and interior architecture to amplify the spatial presence of each work. At its curatorial core, Materials at Edge examines the critical moment when a material loses its original function and becomes pure expression, opening a generational dialogue that contrasts postwar masters with contemporary practices redefining artistic techniques and supports.
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