Autore: Redazione • 27/04/2026 18:24
On view until 20 May 2026 at the Galleria delle Carrozze in Palazzo Medici Riccardi, Florence, the solo show by Chinese artist Gulistan presents 45 works that investigate memory, time and an inner symbolic landscape.
The exhibition offers a contemplative route where viewers are invited into a suspended dimension between memory and imagination. Gulistan’s works weave together Chinese pictorial traditions — emphasis on line, the significance of empty space and spiritual depth — with references to European art history, producing a hybrid visual language that bridges East and West.
Technically, the artist uses oil colors thinned to behave like watercolors, creating layered surfaces that alternate between presence and dissolution. Human figures frequently appear as dreamlike apparitions, outlined with soft contours; deliberate incompleteness becomes a space that encourages the observer’s active interpretation.
The Garden is a central motif in Gulistan’s work: a symbolic microcosm representing memory and the passage of time where past and present coexist and renew. Titles such as “Meditation”, “We are leaves of the same tree” and “A legend on time” evoke the emotional and symbolic atmosphere of the show.
The dialogue with Palazzo Medici Riccardi plays a key role: the Renaissance architecture enters into a relationship with the artworks, enabling a cross-temporal conversation that deepens the exhibition’s themes and enhances the garden motif as a site of contemplation and collective memory.
About the artist: Gulistan lives and works in Beijing. With formal training in oil painting and international academic experience, she combines teaching with an active artistic research practice; her work has been shown in institutional and international venues.
For practical visiting information and opening hours, please consult Palazzo Medici Riccardi’s official channels.
Location: Via de' Ginori, 2, 50123 Firenze FI, Italia
Coordinates: 43.7752136, 11.2557272
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Direttore: Lorenzo Crea
Editore: Visio Adv di Alessandro Scarfiglieri
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