05 11 2026
14 02 2027
Luca Bertolo
L’inizio ci assale
L’inizio ci assaleis the title chosen by Luca Bertolo for this exhibition, the first to be hosted by Palazzetto Marcello. These words are taken from a verse by Milo De Angelis, which Bertolo has already used as the title of some of his paintings: canvases, both blank and primed, that contain some element or a faint trace of the artist’s desire to begin a work.
It is a common belief that the countless beginnings that make up a life, just as the many beginnings in an artist’s journey, are for the most part small or grand acts of will, small or grand choices – whether courageous or conservative. It is customary to say that one must face the blank canvas, just as we say one faces the blank page. De Angelis’s words overturn this assumption. It is the beginning that acts, and we are its canvas.
All the works selected and created for this exhibition are representations of the beginning or of the ambiguous relationship that links the dimension of beginning to that of ending. BastoniThe evocation of certain ‘tribal’ characteristics, particularly in the Staff series – presented extensively for the first time – offers a further way of reflecting on the chain of beginnings and endings in our late-modern culture, and on how art in recent years has the potential to distance itself from the superficiality of current political tribalism and the aesthetic trivialisation of metropolitan cultures.
L’inizio #1, 2026, mosaico, 34 x 74 cm, Courtesy l’artista e SpazioA, Pistoia
Untitled (Friedrich Nietzsche), 2025, various materials, ribbons, rubber and bird skeleton on dish towel, 65 x 52 cm, Private collection, Verona
Saturno che divora un figlio (copia da un quadro di Francisco de Goya), 2017, olio e acrilico su tela, 300 x 200 cm, Courtesy l’artista e SpazioA, Pistoia
Dance, 2021, olio, acrilico, matite colorate su tela, 200 x 300 cm, Collezione privata, Padova
Veronica 26#01, 2026, olio su tela, 120 x 100 cm, Courtesy l’artista e SpazioA, Pistoia
Veronica 26#02, 2026, olio su tela, 120 x 100 cm, Courtesy l’artista e SpazioA, Pistoia
Bastone della poesia, 2025, legno (ginestra, rosa, alloro, ignoto), ottone, spazzola, osso, fiore finto, vernice, smalto, 210 x 40 x 30 cm, Courtesy l’artista e SpazioA, Pistoia
Bastone delle piccole virtù, 2025, legno e foglie di alloro, acciaio, smalto e acrilico, 195 x 36 x 35 cm, Courtesy l’artista e SpazioA, Pistoia
Bastone del caso e della necessità, 2025, legno (vite, platano, noce, nespolo), acciaio, 290 x 82 x 40 cm, Courtesy l’artista e SpazioA, Pistoia
Bastone della visione, Bastone dell’amore carnale, Bastone della poesia, Bastone del caso e della necessità, dettagli, Courtesy l’artista e SpazioA, Pistoia
Bastone del popolo (detail), 2026
Bastone dell’amour fou, 2025, legno (nocciolo, castagno, ignoto), acrilico e vernice impregnante, ruota, piumini acchiappa polvere, 282 x 52 x 46 cm, Courtesy l’artista e SpazioA, Pistoia
Bastone del metodo, 2026, ferro, plastica, alluminio, legno (frassino, ulivo, pero), 236 x 25 x 15 cm, Courtesy l’artista e SpazioA, Pistoia
Bastone della fortuna, 2025, legno (frassino, edera, quercia, arancio), bronzo, acrilico, cera, alluminio, nastro isolante, 246 x 28 x 40 cm, Courtesy l’artista e SpazioA, Pistoia
Bastone del popolo, Bastone della rinascita, Bastone dell’alleanza, dettagli, Courtesy l’artista e SpazioA, Pistoia
Piccolo canone occidentale #4 (Da Vinci), 2025, matite colorate su carta, 38,2 x 55,5 cm, Courtesy l’artista e SpazioA, Pistoia
Piccolo canone occidentale #5 (Dürer), 2024-2025, matite colorate su carta, 32,7 x 41,2 cm, Courtesy l’artista e SpazioA, Pistoia
Piccolo canone occidentale #1 (Van Gogh), 2004, matite colorate su carta, 37 x 29,5 cm, Courtesy l’artista e SpazioA, Pistoia
