Artist Talk with Francesco Albano
Welcome to an in-depth artist talk with Italian artist Francesco Albano on Saturday, May 17, from 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM. Albano will share insights into his artistic process and reflect on bodily decay, spiritual crisis, and the dissolution of identity.
Francesco Albano, born in Oppido Mamertina, Calabria, is an artist and professor at the Accademia di Belle Arti. Through his art, he explores human existence – the relationship between the external and the internal, and the darkness we all carry, whether innate or experienced.
His work is marked by a fascination with deformation, where the physical and mental decay of the body becomes a mirror of our fragile nature. He captures moments of personal collapse that transform both mind and body – when muscles, bones, and skin fall out of harmony. Through his sculptures, these states become visible, bearing witness to the pressures that both time and society place on the individual.
Albano sees his art as a form of research, revealing the relationship between bodily breakdown and shifts in the mind and behavior. He challenges conventional notions of bodily autonomy, sexuality, and identity, while also examining how objects, through their function, can exert control over the viewer.
He is currently in a new phase of his practice, where landscapes – rather than bodies – portray the human condition.
During the talk, you’ll gain a unique insight into how Albano views art as a method of investigation – a way to understand the body, identity, and the invisible pressures that shape us.
