On the occasion of Milano Art Week, Casa Gregotti presents an exhibition dedicated to the work of Sonia Delaunay, a central figure in the Parisian art scene between the two World Wars and co-founder of Simultaneism. At the core of her practice, color becomes a structural element capable of generating rhythm, movement, and a dynamic perception, expanding beyond the traditional boundaries of painting.
From 1913 onwards, this research extends into textiles, fashion, and everyday objects, giving rise to a language in which art and life converge. The drawings and projects on view, conceived as active surfaces designed for the body and movement, reflect a vision in which abstraction becomes a lived and tangible experience.
The exhibition opens with a selection of photographs by Giacomo Grasse, drawn from the Luca Gregotti collection, focusing on the textiles of Delaunay and Raoul Dufy. It then continues with works on paper and design projects, including the so-called simultaneous dresses, true visual devices in which color constructs identity and space.
Alongside Delaunay’s works, a series of dialogues with pieces from the Gregotti collection, ranging from Fortunato Depero to Giacomo Balla, Leonardo Dudreville, Atanasio Soldati, and Alberto Magnelli, highlights affinities and divergences within early 20th-century abstraction, revealing a shared interest in rhythm, line, and visual construction.
The exhibition also opens to the contemporary with Lost in Thoughts (2023) by Rugiyatou Ylva Jallow, introducing a current reflection on identity and cultural hybridity. Lost in thought (2023) by Rugiyatou Ylva Jallow, which introduces a current reflection on identity and cultural hybridization.
The project as a whole reflects a radical vision of art as an experience that permeates the space of life. In this sense, Delaunay’s work finds a natural affinity with Casa Gregotti, where art is not separated from the domestic environment but is lived, inhabited, and continuously brought into relation.