04/09/2026
A closer look at "Trespolo" (1969). 🍃
Photographed together, artist and artwork seem to share the same moment of attention — a quiet encounter with one of the works that marked the beginning of Giovanni Anselmo’s exploration of gravity, balance, energy, and the forces that act beyond what we can see. Placed on a stone ledge are sugar, fragments of bread, and a cavity filled with water: it is a minimalist offering, arranged in the event that a bird should alight upon it, creating an eternal state of possibility.
"Trespolo" will be among the eight works presented in our upcoming exhibition dedicated to Giovanni Anselmo, opening at Repetto Gallery on 19 September 2026.
Stay tuned. 🔜
Image credit: Giovanni Anselmo, "Trespolo", 1969, Stone, iron, water, bread, sugar, 6 x 25 x 37 cm
Private collection, Turin; photograph © Paolo Mussat Sartor