Last month, Plan X presented Gyangu, Leonardo Guglielmi’s first Italian solo show. Gyangu is a powerful and stimulating exhibition that challenges our preconceptions about gender in society.
Leonardo Guglielmi (b.1996, Italy) was born and raised in the outskirts of Venice, Italy, where he underwent classical art education. Based now in Guangzhou, China, Leonardo’s work focuses primarily on the refusal of academic art rules. He expresses this by overly simplifying proportion, using less than canonical subjects, and exploring subcultures. Leonardo also brings modern and contemporary aspects of life into his work such as the contemporary depiction of humanities, fashion Items, and tattoos in an attempt to create a conversation between tradition and present realities that continue to evolve within society.
