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Art as Memory and Resistance

For Hazara, Mroué, and Nasser, art cannot avoid confronting war—a presence that has shaped their lives for decades. Likewise, for Abbate, Balsamo, Cragg, De Grandi, Lauretta, Lüthi, Paladino, Scodro, and Schabus—European artists grappling with less visible, yet no less corrosive conflicts.

Creativity becomes a tool to narrate the silent tensions and everyday alienation of the present. Each, in different ways, tells the same wound: that of a Humanity that remains blind in the face of its own ethical and moral death. The works thus become both warning and memory, but also an act of hope—a gesture of resistance and compassion; an invitation to understand and to imagine together a possible peaceful coexistence.

Conflicts: Between Atrocity and Everyday Life

Conflicts take many forms: from the blatant ones that devastate entire populations to the silent, everyday ones—less visible, yet no less lacerating. In all of them, there are neither winners nor losers. They affect everyone, leaving often imperceptible marks, seeping into already vulnerable contexts, fueled by ignorance, consumerism, and numbing distraction. In this scenario, suffering becomes systemic, perpetuated by a society that seems to anesthetize itself in order to survive.

Victims are everywhere: young and old, of every ethnicity, strong and fragile, from north to south, from east to west. All are overwhelmed—or seduced—by increasingly pervasive technologies, which risk being unconsciously transformed into instruments of alienation and self-destruction.

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Antonello Gagini

Dala Nasser (Tyre, Libano, 1990)

2. This dirt is teeming with life, 2025
Orange Fabric, natural pigments
600 x 145 cm
Courtesy: Collezione Fondazione OELLE

Artist information

Francesco De Grandi (Palermo Italia 1968)

3. Trisma, 2016
Oil on linen
60 x 45 cm
Courtesy: collezione privata

4. Ecce Homo, 2016
Oil on linen
45 x 35 cm
Courtesy: collezione privata

5. Cristo Deriso, 2016
Oil on linen
18 x 13 cm
Courtesy: collezione privata

Artist information

Hans Schabus (Watschig, Austria, 1970)

6. Monument to People in Movement, 2024
Die-cast aluminium, wood
100 x 35 x 41 cm
Courtesy: l’artista

Artist information

Hans Schabus (Watschig, Austria, 1970)

7. Icarus (Graphite Black), 2017
Die-cast aluminium
32 x 39 x 31 cm
Courtesy: l’artista

Artist information

Alberto Scodro (Marostica, Italia 1984)

8. Talpidae, 2023
Mixed media, plaster, glass castings, oxides, wood, iron, copper
130 x 140 x 140 cm
Courtesy: l’artista, Galleria Cardrde,
Kristof de Clercq Ghent (Belgio)

Artist information

Francesco Balsamo (Catania, Italia 1969)

9. Col Mare Spina Dorsale, 2025
Tapestry
300 x 270 cm
Courtesy: l’artista, Collica & Partners San Gregorio (CT)

Artist information

Tony Cragg (Liverpool, Regno Unito 1949)

10. Sedimenti Cretacei, 1987
Plaster and wood
140 x 210 x 170 cm
Courtesy: collezione Paolo Brodbeck

Artist information

Urs Lüthi (Kriens, Svizzera, 1947)

11. Spazio Umano, 2007
Bronze
n. 4 sculture 45 x 22 x 15 cm cd
No. 4 sculptures 45 x 22 x 15 cm each
Courtesy: collezione Paolo Brodbeck

Artist information

Francesco Lauretta (Ispica, Italia 1964)

12. Epitaffio, 2006-22
Oil on linen, neon, mural painting
Environmental dimensions canvas 143 x 215 cm
Courtesy: l’artista e Collica & Partners San Gregorio (CT)

Artist information

Aziz Hazara (Wardak, Afganistan 1992)

13. Takbir, 2021
Color video, sound. 5’
Courtesy: L’artista,
Experimenter Kolkata - Mumbai (India)

Artist information

Hans Schabus (Watschig, Austria, 1970)

14. Echo, 2009
Video a colori, suono. 3’45’’
Courtesy: Museo Palazzo Milio
La Stanza della Seta Ficarra

Artist information

Rabih Mroué (Beirut, Libano, 1967)

15. Old House, 2006
Color video, sound. 1’32’’
Courtesy: l’artista,
LAVERONICA – Contemporary Art Gallery
Modica (RG)

Artist information

16. L’oro della lontananza, 2023.
Drawings
graphite on Japanese paper

Artist information

Adalberto Abbate (Palermo, Italia 1975)

17. Aeternum, 2008
Photographic collage on PVC
260x200 cm
Courtesy: Spazio Rivoluzione Palermo

Artist information

Adalberto Abbate (Palermo, Italia 1975)

18. Semel Pro Semper, 2008
Bronze and mortar shell
30x30x15 cm
Courtesy: Spazio Rivoluzione Palermo

Artist information

Francesco De Grandi (Palermo Italia 1968)

19. Il Sogno di Placido, 2024
Oil on linen 170x250 cm
Courtesy: l’artista, RizzutoGallery Palermo

Artist information

Urs Lüthi (Kriens, Svizzera, 1947)

20. Ex-voto XXX (Art is the better life), 2009
Glass sculpture, glass showcase,
laquered wood
230 x 120 x 120 cm
Courtesy: collezione Paolo Brodbeck

21. Ex-voto (Art is the better life), 2010
Glass sculpture, glass showcase,
laquered wood
160 x 40 x 60 cm
Courtesy: collezione Paolo Brodbeck

22. Ex-voto XXV (Art is the better life), 2010.
Aluminium, glass showcase, laquered
180 x 40 x 40 cm
Courtesy: collezione Paolo Brodbeck

Artist information

Francesco Lauretta (Ispica, Italia 1964)

23.Idiota, 2023
Oil on linen
38 x 202 cm
Courtesy: l’artista e Collica & Partners San Gregorio (CT)

24. Noia II (Trittico), 2025
Oil on linen
140x100 | 150x100 | 140x100 cm
Courtesy: l’artista e Collica & Partners San Gregorio (CT)

Artist information

Francesco Lauretta (Ispica, Italia 1964)

25. Noia III, 2025
Olio su lino 130 x 80 cm
Courtesy: l’artista e Collica & Partners San Gregorio (CT)

Artist information

Alberto Scodro (Marostica, Italia 1984)
Microfusione, Ottone, oro

26. Sunflower#seeds, 2024
17x26,5x24 cm

27. Sunflower#from, 2023
25x24x22 cm

28. Sunflower#of, 2024
17x15x24 cm

29. Sunflower#follow, 2023
21x14,5x12,5 cm

30. Sunflower#Flowers, 2021
31x21x20 cm

31. Sunflower#Suns, 2023
22x16x16 cm

32. Sunflower#that, 2023
18x14x14 cm

Courtesy: l’artista, Galleria Cardrde,
Kristof de Clercq Ghent (Belgio)

Artist information

Mimmo Paladino (Paduli, Italia 1947)

33. Chorale, 1997
Oil on canvas 250x200 cm
Courtesy collezione Paolo Brodbeck

Artist information

Gioacchino Vitagliano

Giorgio da Milano

Antonello Gagini

Dala Nasser (Tyre, Libano, 1990)

2. This dirt is teeming with life, 2025
Orange Fabric, natural pigments
600 x 145 cm
Courtesy: Collezione Fondazione OELLE

Artist information

Francesco De Grandi (Palermo Italia 1968)

3. Trisma, 2016
Oil on linen
60 x 45 cm
Courtesy: collezione privata

4. Ecce Homo, 2016
Oil on linen
45 x 35 cm
Courtesy: collezione privata

5. Cristo Deriso, 2016
Oil on linen
18 x 13 cm
Courtesy: collezione privata

Artist information

Hans Schabus (Watschig, Austria, 1970)

6. Monument to People in Movement, 2024
Die-cast aluminium, wood
100 x 35 x 41 cm
Courtesy: l’artista

Artist information

Hans Schabus (Watschig, Austria, 1970)

7. Icarus (Graphite Black), 2017
Die-cast aluminium
32 x 39 x 31 cm
Courtesy: l’artista

Artist information

Alberto Scodro (Marostica, Italia 1984)

8. Talpidae, 2023
Mixed media, plaster, glass castings, oxides, wood, iron, copper
130 x 140 x 140 cm
Courtesy: l’artista, Galleria Cardrde,
Kristof de Clercq Ghent (Belgio)

Artist information

Francesco Balsamo (Catania, Italia 1969)

9. Col Mare Spina Dorsale, 2025
Tapestry
300 x 270 cm
Courtesy: l’artista, Collica & Partners San Gregorio (CT)

Artist information

Tony Cragg (Liverpool, Regno Unito 1949)

10. Sedimenti Cretacei, 1987
Plaster and wood
140 x 210 x 170 cm
Courtesy: collezione Paolo Brodbeck

Artist information

Urs Lüthi (Kriens, Svizzera, 1947)

11. Spazio Umano, 2007
Bronze
n. 4 sculture 45 x 22 x 15 cm cd
No. 4 sculptures 45 x 22 x 15 cm each
Courtesy: collezione Paolo Brodbeck

Artist information

Francesco Lauretta (Ispica, Italia 1964)

12. Epitaffio, 2006-22
Oil on linen, neon, mural painting
Environmental dimensions canvas 143 x 215 cm
Courtesy: l’artista e Collica & Partners San Gregorio (CT)

Artist information

Aziz Hazara (Wardak, Afganistan 1992)

13. Takbir, 2021
Color video, sound. 5’
Courtesy: L’artista,
Experimenter Kolkata - Mumbai (India)

Artist information

Hans Schabus (Watschig, Austria, 1970)

14. Echo, 2009
Video a colori, suono. 3’45’’
Courtesy: Museo Palazzo Milio
La Stanza della Seta Ficarra

Artist information

Rabih Mroué (Beirut, Libano, 1967)

15. Old House, 2006
Color video, sound. 1’32’’
Courtesy: l’artista,
LAVERONICA – Contemporary Art Gallery
Modica (RG)

Artist information

16. L’oro della lontananza, 2023.
Drawings
graphite on Japanese paper

Artist information

Adalberto Abbate (Palermo, Italia 1975)

17. Aeternum, 2008
Photographic collage on PVC
260x200 cm
Courtesy: Spazio Rivoluzione Palermo

Artist information

Adalberto Abbate (Palermo, Italia 1975)

18. Semel Pro Semper, 2008
Bronze and mortar shell
30x30x15 cm
Courtesy: Spazio Rivoluzione Palermo

Artist information

Francesco De Grandi (Palermo Italia 1968)

19. Il Sogno di Placido, 2024
Oil on linen 170x250 cm
Courtesy: l’artista, RizzutoGallery Palermo

Artist information

Urs Lüthi (Kriens, Svizzera, 1947)

20. Ex-voto XXX (Art is the better life), 2009
Glass sculpture, glass showcase,
laquered wood
230 x 120 x 120 cm
Courtesy: collezione Paolo Brodbeck

21. Ex-voto (Art is the better life), 2010
Glass sculpture, glass showcase,
laquered wood
160 x 40 x 60 cm
Courtesy: collezione Paolo Brodbeck

22. Ex-voto XXV (Art is the better life), 2010.
Aluminium, glass showcase, laquered
180 x 40 x 40 cm
Courtesy: collezione Paolo Brodbeck

Artist information

Francesco Lauretta (Ispica, Italia 1964)

23.Idiota, 2023
Oil on linen
38 x 202 cm
Courtesy: l’artista e Collica & Partners San Gregorio (CT)

24. Noia II (Trittico), 2025
Oil on linen
140x100 | 150x100 | 140x100 cm
Courtesy: l’artista e Collica & Partners San Gregorio (CT)

Artist information

Francesco Lauretta (Ispica, Italia 1964)

25. Noia III, 2025
Olio su lino 130 x 80 cm
Courtesy: l’artista e Collica & Partners San Gregorio (CT)

Artist information

Alberto Scodro (Marostica, Italia 1984)
Microfusione, Ottone, oro

26. Sunflower#seeds, 2024
17x26,5x24 cm

27. Sunflower#from, 2023
25x24x22 cm

28. Sunflower#of, 2024
17x15x24 cm

29. Sunflower#follow, 2023
21x14,5x12,5 cm

30. Sunflower#Flowers, 2021
31x21x20 cm

31. Sunflower#Suns, 2023
22x16x16 cm

32. Sunflower#that, 2023
18x14x14 cm

Courtesy: l’artista, Galleria Cardrde,
Kristof de Clercq Ghent (Belgio)

Artist information

Mimmo Paladino (Paduli, Italia 1947)

33. Chorale, 1997
Oil on canvas 250x200 cm
Courtesy collezione Paolo Brodbeck

Artist information

Gioacchino Vitagliano

Giorgio da Milano

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