Timeless Landscapes and Portraits

Introduction
Gian Maria Tosatti’s “NOw/here” exhibition, now on show at Pirelli HangarBicocca, brings together two new series of paintings – Ritratti [Portraits] (2022) and NOw/here (2023) – which epitomise the concepts that have inspired his artistic research over the past twenty years. The artist envisions his paintings as “mirrors”. These portraits and landscapes create a sort of short circuit between space and time, as suggested by the title of the exhibition, which can be read either as “now here” or as “nowhere”.

Focus areas
• Art and Image
• Italian
• History

Educational aims and activities
While exploring the exhibition, the children will be asked to think about the concepts of portrait, landscape and time and about how the artist has chosen and used materials, techniques, light and architectural spaces to convey his vision of the contemporary world.
In the workshop session, the students will take inspiration from the artist’s works in an activity that involves creating new abstract visual narratives coupled with writing.