Sherine Naifar — Amore Genetliaco

When: 15/05/2026 - 31/05/2026

Where: Archivio Rachele Bianchi, Via Legnano 14, Milan

• Guided visit: Friday 22 May at 18:30, with the artist and curators Emma De Gaspari and Giorgio Uberti.
• Afterparty: Friday 22 May, from 20:00 to midnight at WOLF Milano in collaboration with Fluids Diffusion.

Archivio Rachele Bianchi presents the solo show Amore Genetliaco by Sherine Naifar, a project that establishes a dialogue between the artist's contemporary pictorial research and a significant work by Rachele Bianchi. The exhibition explores love as an originating force — generative yet ambivalent and sometimes painful — translating emotion and memory into tangible material forms.

The exhibition, tailored to the Archive's spaces, includes:

• four large canvases with dense materiality, described by the artist as “emotive creatures,” built through circular gestures and layered color;
• a direct encounter with Ricerca (1968) by Rachele Bianchi, a bronze sculpture evoking birth through a spiral form;
• a sound installation by Frank Trace, which expands the perceptual field and creates an immersive environment.

Using mortar and intense red tones, Naifar turns the pictorial surface into a living body: red functions as blood, emotional energy and a threshold of intensity. The circle, a recurring motif in her practice, structures the visual language as a continuous, transforming movement.

The collaboration with Frank Trace produces a sonic landscape that weaves recordings of the painting process with symbolic elements, offering visitors a multisensory experience: not just viewing, but inhabiting the works.

The show is part of the Rete Aperta program, fostering intergenerational dialogue and promoting emerging female artistic voices. The exhibition invites reflection on the border between creation and wound, showing how art can be a means of processing and resilience.

Practical info: opening times and admission may vary; attending the guided visit is recommended for deeper insight into the works and curatorial choices.