“Contemporary time does not exist, we cannot catch the continuous. As we move ever into the future we are always based in the past. This is the state of my sculpture, there is heat from this pillow, and it’s impossible to catch this continuous flow. As soon as you touch it it’s colder than it was at its source. Everything we touch is coming from the past, it’s our access to death. For me the important thing is to try to catch that consciousness of life” (Miroslaw Balka)

Raffaella Cortese Gallery is pleased to announce the first Italian exhibition of Miroslaw Balka, an internationally known Polish artist, who best reflects the culture and history of his country. The re-elaboration of personal and collective memories, the relationship with the body and that between the art work and space are the central themes of his research.