GALLERIA CONTINUA
Loris Cecchini , Italy
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"Shapeshifting"
Loris Cecchini, "Seedsyllables"(Shapeshifting), (détail), 2026. Ghostwood sablé, modules en acier inoxydable, 135 x 145 x 40 cm. Photo : Studio Loris Cecchini. Courtesy of Loris Cecchini & Galleria Continua
GALLERIA CONTINUA / Paris Matignon is pleased to present Shapeshifting, a new solo exhibition by Loris Cecchini. Renowned for an interdisciplinary practice that brings together sculpture, installation, and site-specific interventions, the artist explores the subtle interconnections between nature, science, and poetry through the ever-changing conditions of matter. In this new project, Cecchini proposes an investigation of metamorphosis as a generative principle: a narrative in which form is never fixed, but in a constant state of becoming.
The title, Shapeshifting, is not only a thematic statement but the conceptual thread that runs throughout the entire exhibition. The artist stages a universe in which formal identities transform, hybridizing in a continuous exchange between organic and artificial, micro and macro, structure and fluid. Visitors are invited to enter an environment where matter seems to shape itself in real time, following the same dynamic forces that mold natural landscapes, biological growth, and wave phenomena.
Solo show of Loris Cecchini
Until May 30, 2026
The gallery
Galleria Continua is a contemporary art gallery founded in 1990 in San Gimignano by three friends: Mario Cristiani, Lorenzo Fiaschi and Maurizio Rigillo.
Galleria Continua represents a desire for continuity between times and a desire to write a current history. Thanks to its investment in forgotten and unconventional sites, the gallery has always chosen atypical locations, developing a strong identity and an original positioning in over thirty years of activity. In 2021, Galleria Continua opened a new space in the heart of the French capital. This space is dedicated to experimentation and the encounter between art, society and culture, in a constantly evolving setting.
Gallery artists
Adel Abdessemed, Etel Adnan, Ai Weiwei, Leila Alaoui, Juan Araujo, Kader Attia, Barbana Bojadzi, Daniel Buren, Cai Guo-Qiang , Alejandro Campins, Iván Capote, Yoan Capote, Loris Cecchini, Elizabet Cerviño, Chen Zhen, Nikhil Chopra, Marcelo Cidade , Carlos Cruz-Diez, Jonathas De Andrade, Berlinde De Bruyckere, Leandro Erlich, Carlos Garaicoa, Osvaldo González, Antony Gormley, Gu Dexin, Shilpa Gupta, Subodh Gupta, Carsten Höller, Eva Jospin, Jr, Ilya & Emilia Kabakov, Zhanna Kadyrova, Kan Xuan, Anish Kapoor, André Komatsu, Jannis Kounellis, Julio Le Parc, Luis López-Chávez, Jorge Macchi, Ahmed Mater, Cildo Meireles, José Manuel Mesías, Sabrina Mezzaqui, Moataz Nasr, Rudi Ninov, Hans Op De Beeck, Ornaghi & Prestinari, Giovanni Ozzola, Susana Pilar, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Qiu Zhijie, Tobias Rehberger, Arcangelo Sassolino, Manuela Sedmach, Serse, Kiki Smith, Nedko Solakov, Marta Spagnoli, José Antonio Suárez Londoño, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Sun Yuan & Peng Yu, Ana Maria Tavares, Pascale Marthine Tayou, Armando Testa, Nari Ward, Sislej Xhafa, José Yaque, Zhuang Hui
