(openPR) - Opening: Friday 7th of May 2010 - 6 pm to 11 pm
Exhibition runs from: Friday 7th of May 2010 – Thursday 13th of May 2010
Gallery Opening Hours: Mon - Fri: 11am to 6.30pm
Sat: 12.30pm - 5.00 pm
Last day of Exhibition: Thursday 13th of May: 11.00am to 5.00pm

The philosopher Luca Lupo has described the work of Adolfo Magnelli as enacting a continuous search for new forms of denunciation and struggle against a world in which the innate creativity of life has become stunted, regulated, mortified, exploited, and drained of its potency and emotive force. Through his paintings Magnelli aims both to expose this diminished state of being, whilst pointing towards the future potential of a new form of consciousness; towards a new reality within which the creativity of life can be reborn, free and unconstrained; reinvigorated with an awareness of its own infinite reserves of energy. The artistic act serves for Magnelli as the vital point of catharsis which allows for this greater process of transformation to occur; it is the act which both opens human life up to its natural state of liberty, whilst simultaneously binding it anew with the universe and the continual ‘becoming’ of all things.

Adolfo Magnelli was born in Cosenza, Italy in 1965, and has exhibited widely throughout Italy. He currently lives and works in Cosenza.

Red Gate Gallery is a non-for-profit organisation that is dedicated to the continuous exposure of contemporary and diverse Art forms. It encompasses artists’ studios, a large gallery space suitable for installations, film projections, music performances, live gigs and exhibitions. Red Gate is located within a busy environment between Brixton & Camberwell. The gallery hosts regular events, exploring strands of thought provoking art. Since 1998 it has hosted over 500 events and exhibitions.

Red Gate Gallery
209a Coldharbour Lane
London SW9 8RU