CAR Gallery is pleased to announce "Faces and Figures: Symbols of Identity in the History of Art" a group exhibition dedicated to the representation of the human face and figure, themes central to art history and still at the heart of contemporary artistic research. From the symbolic iconographies of antiquity to contemporary experimentation, the face and the body have always been key tools for exploring identity, memory, spirituality, and power. The exhibition revisits these themes through works that explore the symbolic dimension of the human figure:the face as mask or revelation, the body as an emotional, political, and narrative territory. In dialogue with one another, the artists represented by CAR Gallery, each with a distinct poetic vision, offer intimate and sometimes enigmatic perspectives capable of evoking archetypes and tensionsof our time. Painting, sculpture, drawing, and installation thus become languages through which the gallery proposes a contemporary reflection on one of the oldest and most universal subjects in art.
Trevor Gould, The long walk, 2025, watercolour on paper, 50,5 x 75 cm (diptych)
Damien Meade, Untitled (DM2502), 2025, oil on canvas, 35 x 30 cm (left)
Alessandro Roma, Mask, 2023, glazed ceramic and iron, 180 x Ø 58 cm (right)
Damien Meade, Untitled (DM2502), 2025, oil on canvas, 35 x 30 cm
Emanuele Becheri, To Paul Gauguin 15.11.2024, terracotta, oxides, 32 x 16 x 7 cm
Joel-Peter Witkin, History of the White World, Venus and the Magdalen, 1994, silver gelatin print, 40 x 50 cm
Danilo Stojanović, Contort V, 2026, oil on linen, 22 x 16 cm
Julia Haumont
Untitled (sculpture n. 37), 2024, luster glazed ceramic, 42 x 37 x 70 cm (left)
Untitled (sculpture n. 28), 2023, luster glazed ceramic, 50 x 50 x 63 cm (right)
Odonchimeg Davaadorj, One tree, Many souls, 2025, watercolor on paper, 90 x 65 cm
Bu Shi
La testa dell’arhat, 2024, tempera on wooden panel, 22 x 16,5 cm (left)
La casa della pioggia, 2025, tempera on wooden panel, 20 x 15 cm (right)
Giulio Saverio Rossi, Quando gli uomini erano alberi #1, 2025, oil on linen, 80 x 63 cm (left)
Giusy Pirrotta, Testa Fasciata, 2025, glazed ceramic, 30 x 25 x 25 cm (right)
Elia Cantori, Untitled (pencil-hole self-portrait), 2026, photogram, gelatin silver print, 30,5 x 40,6 cm - unique piece