Enrico Embroli – Edge of Perception
From December 1 to 19, 2025, the historic Palazzo Rosselli del Turco on Via dei Serragli in Florence will host Enrico Embroli’s solo exhibition, Edge of perception: a journey that explores the limits and ambiguities of visual perception through works that challenge the line between plane and space, reality and optical construction.
In Embroli’s shaped canvases and aluminium plates, colour and shade generate the illusion of depth and deceive the eye. The exhibition highlights a dialogue with the great pioneers of perceptual art, from Vasarely to Bridget Riley, and features the projection of the video from the historic exhibition The Responsive Eye (MoMA, 1965), filmed by a young Brian de Palma—a rare document that marked the consecration of Op Art, influencing fashion, design, and pop culture.
The exhibition unfolds through a series of thematic sections that trace the artist’s perceptual inquiry:
- The Deceptions of the Surface, where painting becomes an ambiguous language, both concealing and revealing.
- The Illusion of Depth, an invitation to question the very nature of vision.
- At the Edge of Perception, where form fades into pure optical experience.
- The Paradox of the Surface, a synthesis of Embroli’s exploration into the instability of seeing.
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- Enrico Embroli - Edge of Perception
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- Enrico Embroli
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- Enrico Embroli - Edge of Perception
About Enrico Embroli
Enrico Embroli is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice spans painting, sculpture, and printmaking. After more than a decade as an educator, Embroli now dedicates himself fully to his studio work, developing a visual language defined by highly tactile, three-dimensional surfaces in which constructive form and expressive gesture intertwine. He has exhibited in museums, galleries, public installations, and international art fairs across the United States, Europe, and Asia. His works are part of private, public, and corporate collections worldwide.
From a very young age, I was drawn to the quiet universe of my father’s workshop: an intimate world of tools, wood, and small components that sparked in me a fascination with making. That childhood wonder evolved into a deep commitment to the exploration of material. Sculpture was my first language, later joined by painting and printmaking, giving shape to the multidimensional practice I pursue today.
My work emerges from a balance between process-based experimentation and mindful execution. I approach each piece as an open investigation, allowing curiosity, chance, and technical rigor to meet. Within this dialogue, surfaces become tactile and three-dimensional, merging material construction with expressive gesture. The result may confirm a carefully developed plan or reveal an unexpected direction—an element of discovery that remains essential to my practice.
I am driven by the unknown. The exploration of materials, formats, and methodologies fuels a constantly evolving language that resists familiar paths. This ongoing tension keeps the process alive—stimulating, necessary, and generative.
Set within the evocative architecture of Palazzo Rosselli del Turco — a place where history meets contemporary expression — the exhibition becomes a perceptual and mental voyage, an invitation to see beyond what is seen.
Venue: Palazzo Rosselli del Turco, Via dei Serragli 17, Florence
Dates: December 1 – 19, 2025
Hours: Monday to Friday, 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Admission free by appointment
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