What: Dentro, appena fuori, fuori – group exhibition curated by Gianni Politi
When: July 8 – September 15, 2025
Where: Andrea Festa Fine Art, Lungotevere degli Altoviti 1, Rome
Andrea Festa Fine Art presents “Dentro, appena fuori, fuori,” a thoughtfully curated group exhibition running from July 8 to September 15, 2025, in Rome. Curated by Gianni Politi, the exhibition features the work of three emerging voices in contemporary art: Michela Rosa, Silvia Santoro, and Nicolò Tacmeanu.
Each artist, through their distinct mediums and sensibilities, navigates the subtle intersection of identity, embodiment, and perceptual experience. Located at Lungotevere degli Altoviti 1, the gallery invites visitors to engage with artworks that extend beyond conventional representation and into an intimate psychological and sensory dimension.
Six oil paintings by Michela Rosa address the vulnerability of the body in the age of digital surveillance. Born in Rome in 2003 and of Swedish-Italian descent, Rosa reflects on how social media distorts the self-image.
Her compositions are finely layered, at once delicate and probing. They speak to the paradox of striving for idealized beauty while questioning the authenticity of what is seen. Rosa’s work suggests a continuous negotiation between visibility and fragility, an effort to understand the self not just as perceived, but as felt.
Silvia Santoro, also born in Rome in 2003, brings a sculptural language rooted in textile and touch. Her five sculptures reinterpret fabric as a sensory archive, linking the material to the body’s earliest encounters with the world.
A founding member of the collective 0,99 and currently studying at NABA Rome, Santoro sees fabric not merely as medium, but as metaphor: a second skin that precedes and accompanies us.
Her work references the prenatal environment, proposing a space where memory, protection, and reclamation merge. She weaves an embodied narrative that is deeply personal yet widely resonant.
Nicolò Tacmeanu, born in 2002 in Palestrina, offers a perspective shaped by migration and queerness. With seven oil paintings, he constructs a visual vocabulary grounded in emotional rawness and corporeal honesty.
His practice foregrounds the fragmented body, not as a symbol of loss, but as a location of active being. Tacmeanu’s work evokes a tactile presence, where flesh and feeling become inseparable, asserting a vibrant alternative to traditional narratives of identity.
Guided by Gianni Politi’s curatorial vision, “Dentro, appena fuori, fuori” invites viewers to inhabit a space where the visual and the sonic meet. Politi describes this realm as a “fourth dimension,” one that can only be accessed by sensing echoes, not just surfaces.
In this liminal space, the viewer is not simply observing but listening inwardly. The exhibition functions as a shared inquiry into what lies within and just beyond the self—a delicate balance of awareness, resonance, and intimacy.
All images courtesy of Andrea Festa Fine Art
https://andreafestafineart.com
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