Materia Madre / Lingua Madre

Location: Erica Ravenna Gallery, Via della Reginella 3 / Via di S. Ambrogio 26, Rome

Period: 12 May – 30 September 2026

The Erica Ravenna Gallery hosts Materia Madre / Lingua Madre, a group exhibition curated by Benedetta Carpi De Resmini that investigates matter and language as living, transformative processes. Works on display reveal forces that reshape and regenerate meaning rather than merely representing subjects.

Artists and works

• Cyril de Commarque – studies of natural traces and environmental data rendered into elemental forms.
• Laura Pugno – the "Persuasioni" series, using sand as pigment to examine coastal balances.
• Gaia Scaramella – small ceramic figures from the "Matribus" series, poised between birth and fall.
• Lucia Veronesi – monotypes and embroideries that convert scientific language into poetic vocabulary, bringing overlooked vegetation back into view.

Materials and themes

• Materials: wood, sand as pigment, monotypes, embroidery, ceramics, paper sculpture.
• Themes: metamorphosis, the organic vs. the cultural, pre-verbal identities, ecological aspects of transformation.

Visiting advice: The exhibition is arranged as a sensory and reflective route—allow time for slow observation to perceive layers of matter, mark and word.

Practical information: Contacts and opening hours are available directly from the Erica Ravenna Gallery.