Exhibitions

"Pebbles" by Giuseppe Maiorana

A New Painting Series 20 Apr 2026 FORTE DEI MARMI Alongside his renowned bronze sculptures, Maiorana is now presenting a new and distinctive medium currently in development, within the series Pebbles.

This new body of work, Pebbles, is constructed using marine-grade plywood and aluminium, layered with enamel to create compositions where material becomes both structure and concept. The works explore the tension between organic and geometric forms, where a precise square format contains the softer, eroded silhouette of a river pebble.

The contrast between the warm, absorbent surface of the marine plywood and the cold, reflective aluminium plate is not merely aesthetic, but conceptual—bringing together two temporal dimensions: the slow rhythm of nature and the immediacy of human intervention.

The river pebble is not merely a natural result; it is one of the primordial images of human experience. In archaic cultures, stone takes shape as a primary presence, an element of orientation and of the sacralization of space. From menhirs to votive stones, to apotropaic objects, the pebble is a sign of permanence and solidity, of continuity, of a time that precedes and outlasts humanity. Its smoothed, essential, unadorned form has often been perceived as a manifestation of a primordial cosmic order.

In this sense, the “step” between the two materials is not simply a structural solution, but a true phenomenological rupture: it is the point at which the continuity of the surface is interrupted, revealing an irreducible difference. Here the gaze stumbles, lingers, becomes aware of the gap between fullness and void, between containment and escape, between measure and indeterminacy.

The square format, rigorous and geometric, acts as a boundary of symbolic containment: it represents the human will to order, delimit, and stabilize. And yet, within it, the organic form of the pebble introduces a silent disturbance: a presence that eludes geometry while remaining inscribed within and contained by it. The result is a suspended balance, never definitively resolved.

These nine works from the Pebbles series embody what can be understood as “geometries of becoming”—objects that hold within them both permanence and transformation. The compositions invite a contemplative engagement, where the act of viewing becomes a meditative experience, rooted in balance, material presence, and perceptual awareness.

Now on view in Forte dei Marmi, this presentation offers a focused insight into a new direction in Maiorana’s artistic language—one that is both materially rigorous and conceptually precise. Read more