ROME.- Andrea Rupolo's first solo exhibition, "Sbocco" (Outlet), opened today, Tuesday, June 10, 2025, at Casa Vuota in Rome. The exhibition, curated by Francesco Paolo Del Re and Sabino de Nichilo, features a site-specific installation that will remain on view until September 14, 2025.

The exhibition presents a selection of large-scale oil and mixed-media canvases created by Rupolo, a 2002-born artist from Calabria, over the past year. These works are characterized by a gestural and instinctive painting style. The display also includes a diptych of collagraphs on fabric. The installation aims to create a dialogue between the artworks and the domestic setting of the Casa Vuota gallery.

Rupolo's artistic inquiry focuses on the internal exploration of the body, which he conveys with directness. "I try to understand how identity can shape flesh," Rupolo explains, "therefore, I show a raw, deformed, and impartial material that belongs to no one and becomes a disidentified surface, pushing it to the brink of death." His approach emphasizes constant movement and transformation of matter within his paintings.

Curators Francesco Paolo Del Re and Sabino de Nichilo note that Rupolo's informal painting carries "the memory of the body." They describe his work as "matter that accumulates and explodes," reflecting "the urgency of twenty years, the search for one's own mark and voice in painterly practice." The curators further state that Rupolo's large-scale works exhibit a "powerful and anti-narrative impetus," with pictorial elements that are "free from any need for representation."

The exhibition design incorporates the house's existing surfaces, with paintings often presented on un-stretched fabrics that interact with the architecture. This approach aims to reconfigure the perception of space within the gallery.

Andrea Rupolo, born in Polistena, Reggio Calabria, lives and works in Rome. He holds a degree in Painting from the Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma and is currently pursuing a second-level academic course in Printmaking.