Frittelli arte contemporanea is pleased to open the new year with the largest solo exhibition of Nanni Balestrini's work ever presented in its spaces. In his third exhibition with the Florentine gallery, the work of Balestrini (Milan 1935 - Rome 2019) is the focus of a new exhibition that spans the different periods of the artist's career with works that are largely unseen.

The exhibition entitled La rivolta illustrata (1963 – 2018) is curated by Marco Scotini and brings together over one hundred works using a variety of media: from the well-known collages on paper to acrylics and plastic materials.

The title is inspired by one of Balestrini's most famous books, published by Einaudi in 1976, La violenza illustrata (Illustrated Violence), a highly visual book—despite the fact that the text is not accompanied by any images—which shows how Balestrini uses words as images and vice versa.

In this sense, the exhibition La rivolta illustrata (The Illustrated Revolt) aims to refer to the word as a visual object that is cut, disarticulated, and assembled like an image, or shattered to such an extent that it becomes an abstract pattern. Without, however, renouncing the semantic character (however altered) that each word entails. All his collages are meant to be seen and read at the same time, given that verbal material is, in any case, their subject matter.

The inaugural event will open at 6 p.m. with Antonio Rezza, who will read excerpts from Nanni Balestrini's Vogliamo tutto (We Want Everything).

Nanni Balestrini. La rivolta illustrata
curated by Marco Scotini
curatorial assistant Alberto Navilli

17 January - 22 May 2026
opening hours: lun-ven 10-13 | 15-18
Saturday - Sunday by appointment