Cinque artisti per cinque materiali: Benedini, Coletta, Cuschera, De Marchi, Ōki

Curated by Luigi Sansone

05.02.2026 - 26.03.2026
Paula Seegy Gallery, via San Maurilio 14 - Milan (Italy)

Curated by Luigi Sansone

  • Paula Seegy Gallery, via San Maurilio 14 - Milan (Italy)
  • 05 February 2026 - 26 March 2026
  • Inauguration Thursday, 5 February, 6:00 p.m.

The exhibition, dedicated to contemporary sculpture, brings together artists who approach material in a rigorous and deeply personal way. Gabriella Benedini tells a story of transformation and rebirth through wood; Pietro Coletta gives copper an alchemical meaning, capable of releasing light and spiritual balance; Salvatore Cuschera exploits the strength and ductility of iron, making it incredibly dynamic; Riccardo De Marchi works steel as a surface to be carved and opened; Izumi Ōki builds architectures of transparency with glass. Five different forms of expression, where sculpture becomes a space of encounter between the visible and the invisible.
As part of the Milano MuseoCity project, in collaboration with the Archivio Giacomo Benevelli, the gallery presents the marble work Liason #100 by Giacomo Benevelli.

Fuori diagonale, 2018
Salvatore Cuschera
Fuori diagonale, 2018

forged and patinated iron, 40,7 x 30 x 22 cm
©Luigi Andreoletti

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Onde di colori su Seven Sisters, 2025
Salvatore Cuschera
Onde di colori su Seven Sisters, 2025

forged iron, sheet metal, mixed media, 49,6 x 42,1 x 12,7 cm
©Luigi Andreoletti

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Miraggio II, 2016
Pietro Coletta
Miraggio II, 2016

charred wood, tempera paint, copper and crystal sphere, 60 x 49,5 x 12 cm
©Fabio Viganò

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Dardo di Zeus, 2016
Pietro Coletta
Dardo di Zeus, 2016

charred wood, iron and copper, 114 x 66 x 60 cm
©Fabio Viganò

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Senza titolo, 2003
Riccardo De Marchi
Senza titolo, 2003

mirror-polished stainless steel, 39 x ø 23 cm
©Mattia Mognetti

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Onda architettonica, 2018
Izumi Ōki
Onda architettonica, 2018

glass, 21,2 x 26,5 x 22,5 cm
©Fabio Viganò

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Torre Cattedrale, 2019
Izumi Ōki
Torre Cattedrale, 2019

glass, h 53,5 x 38 x 38 cm
©Fabio Viganò

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Pensiero danzante, 2018
Izumi Ōki
Pensiero danzante, 2018

glass and granite, 35,7 x 30 x 18 cm
©Fabio Viganò

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Vela bianca e Vela nera, 2008-2024/2025
Gabriella Benedini
Vela bianca e Vela nera, 2008-2024/2025

mixed media on wood, 230 x 96 cm e 248 x 88 cm
©Fabio Viganò

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Mousiké, 2014
Gabriella Benedini
Mousiké, 2014

mixed media, 57 x 33 x 6 cm
©Fabio Viganò

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Liason#100, 1980
PROJECT WITH MILANO MUSEOCITY | Giacomo Benevelli
Liason#100, 1980

Carrara marble, 80 x 45 x 45 cm
© Archivio Giacomo Benevelli

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Inauguration

Gabriella Benedini and Paula Seegy

©Fabio Viganò

Pietro Coletta

©Fabio Viganò

Salvatore Cuschera and Paula Seegy

©Fabio Viganò

Izumi Ōki and Luigi Sansone

©Fabio Viganò

From the left: Ōki, Coletta, Seegy, Cuschera, Sansone, Benedini

©Fabio Viganò