Andante opens its doors to a thrilling solo-exhibition in its Central showroom The Design Showcase where a selection of sculptures and paintings by Italian visual artist Matteo Negri will be displayed in his first solo exhibition in Hong Kong.

Hong Kong’s lifestyle expert in contemporary designer furniture, lighting and decorative items Andante invites its guests into its elegant 450sq.m design space for a unique experience that will thrill visitors’ visual perception.

Featuring Andante’s new furniture collection against the backdrop of a selection of nine unpublished works by Negri. The exhibition, titled “I contain multitudes”, is a body of work that was developed in a span of three years between the year 2017 and 2020. The works comprise a collection of Lego-shaped sculptures and vibrant geometric paintings that impressively redefines how one observes and experiences physical space. 

The Milan-born artist is known for his eclectic style of pop art, use of geometrical shapes and 4D sculptures that can only spawn from vibrant and out-worldly imaginations. His artistic practice, as he expresses, is “aimed to analyse the perceptive role of the surface and the colour, both in the field of sculpture and of artworks that are two-dimensional in nature”. 

A case in point is his use of reflections as a means to keep a kinetically activated relationship with viewer and subject. The mirrored-Lego pieces used in his sculptures uses reflection to manipulate a viewer’s perception of space — keeping the object from remaining as a static and absolute form.

His vision to create an object that can go beyond “a static and monolithic vision of the usual art-work” is reflected — literally — by the aluminium, coloured paper, glass and iridescent films that are observably abundant in his work. Unsurprisingly, the outcome unveils a magical charm at every angle.

The exhibition will run until 30th April at Andante’s Central-set showroom at The Design Showcase. Availability is subject to limited seats on a first come first serve basis.

When: From now until 30th April 2021
Where: Shop D, G/F, The Design Showcase, Ruttonjee Centre, 11 Duddell Street, Central, Hong Kong Island.

For more information visit www.andante.com.