top of page

Our 
Story

Get to Know Us

In Japanese, one of the various meanings of “ie” is “building”, and opening shortly in the heart of San Gimignano in a historic building, ieedificio57 is a new non-profit research centre for the visual arts that aims to host domestic and international events.

Transformed from a family home in an ancient building, the premises of ie edificio57 comprises exhibition spaces on two levels and an underground project room named “Zattera” (“Raft”).

Spearheaded by artist Michelangelo Consani, this new cultural platform intends to establish connections between the artist’s own artistic practices and that of different personalities from the art world. Through this medium, Consani seeks to attain a better understanding of the sensibilities and planning processes of the hosted artist by way of forging a dialogue with another artist towards whom he feels a sense of “sentimental affinity”.

The first artist invited into a dialogue of this nature is Loris Cecchini.

77593DE0-F861-414A-AC4C-CC16D2878965.JPG

second floor

first floor

ground floor

The building

ARTISTS

PROJECTS

LORIS CECCHINI + MICHELANGELO CONSANI

BRAIN
STORMING

Artists projects

LORIS CECCHINI

(MILANO 1969)

is an Italian artist who has established himself internationally in the last decade with solo exhibitions in prestigious museums including Palais de Tokyo (Paris), Musée d'art Moderne et Contemporain (Saint Etienne), Métropole, MoMA and PS1 (New York), Shanghai Duolun MoMA (Shanghai), Centro Galego de Arte Contemporanea (Santiago de Compostela), Heidelberger Kunstverein, Centre for Contemporary Art Luigi Pecci (Prato), and Arnaldo Pomodoro Foundation (Milan). Loris Cecchini has participated in numerous international exhibitions such as the 56th, 51st and 49th editions of the Venice Biennale, the 6th and 9th editions of Shanghai Biennale, the 15th and 13th editions of the Rome Quadriennale, the 1st Taiwan Biennial (Taipei), the 1st Valencia Biennale (Spain) and 12th Carrara International Sculpture Biennale (Italy).

MICHELANGELO CONSANI (LIVORNO 1971)

Michelangelo Consani has exhibited in numerous private and public institutions in Italy and abroad from 1999 to-date. Some of these are: ArtKliazma (Moscow); MACRO (Rome); MAC VAL (Paris); Schunck (Heerlen); Cittadellarte Fondazione Pistoletto (Biella); Kunstraum München (Munich), Casino Luxembourg - Forum d'Art Contemporain (Luxembourg); Luigi Pecci Center for Contemporary Art (Prato); Darb 1718 Contemporary Art & Culture (Cairo); Frigoriferi Milanesi (Milan); Fondation Donwahi (Ivory Coast); Kunstenfestival Watou (Watou); PAV (Turin); Italian Cultural Institute (Tokyo); Kyoto Imperial Palace (Kyoto); Galleria Continua (San Gimignano).

Consani also participated in the 11th Architecture Biennale (Venice); the 1st Aichi Triennial (Nagoya); the 15th Dakar Biennial (Dakar); the 2nd Valencia Biennale (Spain); the16th Rome Quadriennale (Italy).

LORIS CECCHINI WORKS
10_cecchini.jpg
08A_cecchini.jpg
08_cecchini.jpg
12_cecchini_.jpg

LORIS CECCHINI

view of the exhibition Brain Storming, ieedificio57 San Gimignano, 2024 Courtesy the artist and GALLERIA CONTINUA Ph Nicola Gnesi

MICHELANGELO CONSANI WORKS
01_consani.jpg
bottom of page