The first solo exhibition in Italy of Monilola Olayemi Ilupeju (b. 1996), a Nigeri- an-American artist and author. Inspired by the many contradictions and double meanings of the gymnasium – simultaneously a place for play, sensual enjoyment, and collective experimentation, but also for physical suffering and competition – Ilupeju transforms the gallery into an arena with nude figures and iron sculptures that reference ancient and modern gym equipment. In the current socio-political landscape the gymnasium thus becomes a metaphor for the world, in which marginalized bodies must attempt to forge agile, creative ways to move in order to survive.
