RizzutoGallery

13/10/2026

PACKED SPACE UNDER THE MOON
Ayaka Terajima - Solo Show - Düsseldorf

“I draw inspiration from plastic packaging and from the symbolism of the moon in prehistory. In Japan’s prehistoric Jōmon period, snakes and the moon were universal symbols of material regeneration; snakes in particular often appeared as decorative motifs on ceramic vessels. There are also historical accounts of the belief that rain came from the moon, and that this rainwater was collected in ceramic vessels to be used in funeral rites.”
— Ayaka Terajima

Trained in Japanese traditional ceramics and fine arts, Ayaka Terajima looks at how design and materiality are transformed in the process of mass production, and at the material and spiritual regenerations we face in contemporary society.

„Ich lasse mich von Plastikverpackungen und von der Symbolik des Mondes in der Vorgeschichte inspirieren. In der Jōmon-Zeit, der japanischen Vorgeschichte, waren Schlangen und der Mond universelle Symbole materieller Regeneration; besonders Schlangen erschienen häufig als Dekormotive auf Keramikgefäßen. Es gibt zudem historische Zeugnisse für den Glauben, dass der Regen vom Mond komme und dass dieses Regenwasser in Keramikgefäßen gesammelt wurde, um es bei Bestattungsriten zu verwenden.“
— Ayaka Terajima

Ayaka Terajima, ausgebildet in traditioneller japanischer Keramik und bildender Kunst, untersucht, wie sich Design und Materialität im Prozess der Massenproduktion verändern, und welchen materiellen und spirituellen Erneuerungen wir in der heutigen Gesellschaft gegenüberstehen.

Ayaka Terajima
Packed Space under the Moon
Solo exhibition
14 November 2026 – 9 January 2027
Opening: Saturday, 14 November 2026, 6 pm
You are cordially invited
RizzutoGallery, Ackerstraße 34, Düsseldorf

10/10/2026

Every family has a box of slides.

Morgaine Schäfer works with the hundreds of 35 mm slides her father took in the 1970s and 1980s, above all of her mother, newly arrived in Germany from Poland. She projects them, enlarges them, rephotographs them through a smartphone screen, and follows the women of her family back to her grandmother's aunt, a deaconess. A memory that is constructed, not inherited.

In ogni famiglia c'è una scatola di diapositive. Morgaine Schäfer lavora con le centinaia di diapositive 35 mm scattate dal padre negli anni Settanta e Ottanta, soprattutto alla madre appena arrivata in Germania dalla Polonia. Le proietta, le ingrandisce, le rifotografa attraverso lo schermo di uno smartphone, e risale alle donne della sua famiglia fino a una zia della nonna che era diaconessa. Una memoria che non si eredita: si costruisce.

Martina Sauter | Morgaine Schäfer
Constructed Memory
Until 28 November 2026
Via Maletto 5, Palermo · Tue–Sat, 3–7 pm

08/10/2026

We remember films as if they were our own lives.

Martina Sauter rephotographs stills from Hitchcock, Lynch and 1940s noir on 35 mm film, sets them beside rooms she builds herself, and in her newest works lets AI invent images from the pages of a 1950s novel. A memory that is constructed, not inherited.

Ricordiamo i film come se fossero la nostra vita. Martina Sauter rifotografa su pellicola 35 mm fotogrammi di Hitchcock, Lynch e del noir anni Quaranta, li accosta a stanze che costruisce lei stessa e, nelle opere più recenti, lascia che l’intelligenza artificiale inventi immagini dalle pagine di un romanzo degli anni Cinquanta. Una memoria che non si eredita: si costruisce.

Martina Sauter | Morgaine Schäfer
Constructed Memory
Until 28 November 2026
Via Maletto 5, Palermo · Tue–Sat, 3–7 pm

06/10/2026

29/09/2026

MARTINA SAUTER / MORGAINE SCHÄFER Constructed Memory su Balarm

RizzutoGallery presenta a Palermo "Constructed Memory", mostra bipersonale che mette in dialogo il lavoro di due influenti fotografe del pan...

29/09/2026

MARTINA SAUTER / MORGAINE SCHÄFER
Constructed Memory

Inaugurazione: sabato 3 ottobre 2026
ore 18-21
Fino al 28 novembre 2026
dal martedì al sabato, ore 15 – 19

RizzutoGallery
Palermo
via Maletto, 5

25/09/2026

Making of…
2027 coming soon

Mattia Barbieri

RizzutoGallery - Contemporary Art Gallery, Palermo-Düsseldorf

24/09/2026

Luigi Presicce in his studio in Florence.
Very happy to have met him and his new wonderful work.

08/07/2026

Lunaria — Talk
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LUNARIA - conversazione dentro la mostra con Daniele Franzella, Francesco De Grandi e Helga Marsala

Sabato 11 luglio 2026 · ore 18:30
RizzutoGallery, Via Maletto 5, Palermo

In occasione della proroga di Lunaria fino al 18 luglio, RizzutoGallery ospita una conversazione dentro la mostra personale di Francesca Polizzi, con Daniele Franzella, Francesco De Grandi e la moderazione di Helga Marsala.