Panorama Pozzuoli: Italics: Art & Landscape

Richard Saltoun Gallery is pleased to announce its participation in Panorama Pozzuoli, the fifth edition of the travelling exhibition conceived by ITALICS, an alliance of over 70 galleries focusing on ancient, modern, and contemporary art.

For this edition, the gallery presents works by Gino MAROTTA, a pioneering Italian artist who rose to prominence in the 1960s through his innovative use of industrial materials, particularly methacrylate. His early practice in Rome explored painting, sculpture, and assemblage using lead, tin, and aluminum. In the 1960s, he began creating translucent, three-dimensional works that juxtapose synthetic materials with natural imagery drawn from the plant and animal worlds. Marotta’s practice centers on the tension between nature and artificiality, a theme that defined much of his career and earned him international acclaim, including participation in a 1969 exhibition at the Louvre.

Curated by Chiara Parisi, director of the Centre Pompidou-Metz, Panorama Pozzuoli will take place from 10 to 14 September 2025 across the layered landscape of the Phlegraean Fields. From the Anfiteatro Flavio to the Rione Terra, the exhibition unfolds as a continuous promenade through ancient ruins, sacred architecture, and contemporary urban spaces, creating a dialogue between mythology, geology, and contemporary art.

Set in a territory shaped by volcanic activity and bradyseism, the event explores the theme of divinization, not as nostalgia but as a lens through which to question the evolving relationship between the human, the natural, and the sacred. Artists and visitors engage with a living palimpsest where myth becomes geography and the divine permeates everyday life. The itinerary connects key landmarks including Villa Avellino, Cinema Sofia, and the Parco Archeologico of Cuma into a shared ecosystem of artistic, participatory, and cultural experiences.