Art| GR Gallery Will Debut “Hidden Lights” by Geppy Pisanelli

January 22, 2025

New York based GR gallery is proudly announcing the opening on February 14th of Hidden Lights, a solo exhibition by Italian visual artist Geppy Pisanelli. Stemming from previous successful showcases at GR Gallery, including Pisanelli’s group exhibition dubbed Dreaming Awake, the pair return for a month long unveiling of Geppy’s latest pieces.

Pisanelli’s latest series emerges from both a narrative and compositional need
to explore the dynamic interplay between nature and artifice. Specifically, the artist’s interest was the visual formalization of works that contrast natural elements (like water beds, trees, mountains, and waterfalls) and artificial elements (such as minimal structures, shelter and artificial lighting). This juxtaposition highlights the relationship between nature and human-made artifice, placing artificial objects in unexpected natural settings.

Geppy sets out to deliver a message with each exhibit and the theme for this series seem to surround that of the relationship between abandonment and hope,
solitude and community, which resonates deeply amid global challenges like pandemics, migrations, wars, and climate change.

“It is in fact emblematic that in my last series of works, the events that come to life depicted in the paintings visually quote the incipit that David H. Lawrence prophetically composed in 1928, … Lawrence suggested resilience and new beginnings amidst devastation with his words: ‘Ours is essentially a tragic age, so we refuse to take it tragically. The cataclysm has happened, we are among the ruins, we start to build up new little habitats, to have new little hopes.’ These words deeply resonate with me, encapsulating the spirit of renewal amidst tumults that I aim to capture in my work.”
says Geppy Pisanelli. Reflecting on our tragic era,

Hidden Lights by Geppy Pisanelli at GR Gallery will run from February 14th through March 15, 2025. Our good friends at Maximus have granted us access so stay tuned for our recap viewing of the upcoming exhibition.

Exhibition Details:
“Hidden Lights”
February 14 – March 15, 2025
Opening public reception: February 14
GR gallery
255 Bowery, NYC