Collective exhibition. MyOwnGallery Via Tortona 27 bis Milan, February - March 2008.
The fascination of gold, meant as metal, material, colour, mysticism, evocation, light and preciousness in the works of 21 contemporary artists. curated by Maria Chiara Valacchi, in collaboration with Bonelli Arte Contemporanea Famous protagonists of the contemporary art scene such as James Lee Byars, Gino de Dominicis, Giuseppe Maraniello, Aldo Mondino, Luigi Ontani, Paul Renner and Andres Serrano compare with Yuri Ancarani, Matteo Bergamasco, Corrado Bonomi, Angelo Bucarelli, Angela Carrubba Pintaldi, Marco Cingolani, Michelangelo Galliani, Massimo Kaufmann, Flavio Lucchini, Elena Monzo, Davide Nido, Giampaolo Striano, Cosimo Terlizzi e Dany Vescovi, emerging artists of the latest generation. Originally used to point out the divinity and spirituality of subjects in paintings, gold turns into a precious symbol with the most diverse meanings and purposes. Once used as a metaphor during performances or as a characterized elements in paintings and sculptures, gold proceeds in the contemporary art with the iconographic research started in the past. The exhibition at MyOwnGallery carefully selects the works of artists using this rare material, playing with it and making of it a decorative element or conceptual matter. 
Gold/Zero Karati takes part to (con)Temporary Art / via Tortona and surroundings, the circuit of contemporary art in 29 locations and galleries of the most creative district in Milan. It is an artistic-curatorial project highlighting the young contemporary art either with site-specific works or with works created in the latest 5 years. The first edition is called Aspettando MiArt and it is set from March 31st to April 6th. 

The golden works in MyOwnGallery passage

Installation shot

Michelangelo Galliani and Flavio Lucchini's works inspired to gold