SpazioA is proud to present Holding, containing, the second solo exhibition by Özlem Altin, opening on Saturday, 3 May 2025. This exhibition follows Interiore, which the artist created for the gallery’s project space in 2016. Altin returns to Italy, after her participation in the 59th Venice Biennale, curated by Cecilia Alemani.

Not quite yet, not yet named,
a fleeting presence stirs
at the trembling edge of form.

Enclosed in quiet affirmation,
folding inward, reaching beyond
in a whirring hum.

Soft breath, scarlet fascia,
a pulse of wired chords.
Weightless, not fixed.

Memories buried in singing flesh.
In pigment, a moment thickens,
then dissolves.

Hands open, life unfolds—
to hold, to contain, to have within,
waves of becoming.

The exhibition Holding, containing presents new works that trace a threshold—a moment of emergence and transformation. Forms shift, not fully there yet, but intensifying with a quiet force. Ghostly figures affirm their presence by stretching, unfolding, and enclosing themselves, drawing into their bodies a rhythm of becoming.

Through soft colors echoing the tints of flesh, skin, and fascia, these paintings and drawings embody both vulnerability and strength, woven into strands of connection. Transparent layers of pigment resonate with a subtle application—each stroke a gesture of materialization, as if pulling something into being.

We are invited to witness processes of change and fluid transformation. Images and motifs repeat and reappear across different works, altered, shape-shifting. Symbolically, the installation evokes the complexity of dense emotional landscapes—fleeting yet deeply felt— reflecting the profound experience of holding, releasing, and becoming.