Castiglioni is pleased to announce Wisrah C. V. da R. Celestino, Lorenza Longhi, Thomaz Rosa, the next exhibition at the gallery in Milan. The show brings together three artists from the same generation whose works intersect theoretical and formal decisions with distinct practices that underline a set of decisions and personal material conformations.

In Wisrah C. V. da R. Celestino’s artistic practice, there’s an intimate exploration of institutional critique, linguistic structures, and objecthood. Addressing the remaining structures of the transatlantic colonial project, the artist imbues theoretical questions of possession, property, and belongings with their own personal experience. In 2023, Celestino was the winner of the Ducato Prize Residency Award and a recipient of the Ministry of Science and Culture of Lower Saxony Residency Grant. This year, a solo show dedicated to their work will take place at Kunstverein Kevin Space in Vienna. Wisrah C. V. da R. Celestino (b. 1989) lives and works in Germany.

Lorenza Longhi explores the hidden structures and economies behind facades. She takes visual elements from communication strategies and everyday objects, remixing them with crafty techniques. Through this process, the artist empirically tests and questions the presumed neutrality of patterns, inviting viewers to reconsider their roles in contemporary society. In 2022, Longhi won the Henraux International Sculpture Prize. Recent solo shows include Swiss Institute, New York; Kunsthalle Zürich, Zürich; Ordet, Milan; Weiss Falk, Basel; Fanta-MLN, Milan; and Plymouth Rock, Zürich. Lorenza Longhi (b. 1991) lives and works in Basel.

Having painting as his primary work medium, Thomaz Rosa uses the work to advance a pictorial research from the position of commentary and interpretation of tradition, within and outside art history. Abruptly asserting the practice as the self-determination of insubordinate creation, instead of developing an easily identifiable, personal stylistic cipher, Rosa annotates art-historical homages with the imponderability of chance and personal memories. Recent solo exhibitions include Quadra, São Paulo; Castiglioni; Milan, Casa de Cultura do Parque, São Paulo, and Mendes Wood DM, São Paulo. In 2018, the artist was nominated for the Pipa Prize, Brazil ‘s leading contemporary art award. Thomaz Rosa (b. 1989) lives and works in São Paulo.