Moniga del Garda: Ambrogio Frigerio exhibition at the Town Hall

Moniga del Garda is currently hosting Ambrogio Frigerio’s exhibition in the multipurpose room of the Town Hall, at 1 Piazza San Martino on the ground floor. Entitled “Diario Interiore”, the exhibition can be visited until Monday 7 September and presents figures, faces and creative objects that describe the artist’s work through different subjects and original solutions.

The main section consists of images devoted chiefly to children, couples in love, dancers and groups of people captured in everyday or suspended situations. Recurring subjects include children sitting on the edge of a swimming pool, ready to kiss a small dog; female figures with intense gazes; and dancers shown twirling through the air in white or red clothes.

Other scenes show people walking in the rain under multicoloured umbrellas, along with a few sails barely suggested on the canvas. The only reference to the landscape concerns the lakeside setting, without developing into an actual depiction of the area.

A second part of the exhibition is devoted to work more closely connected with technical experimentation. It includes unusual lamps made from wooden and metal elements, luminous wires and details incorporating clocks, female sculptures, swans and hybrid faces.

The variety of objects on display highlights a practice focused on formal research and the combination of different materials, producing visual solutions that are deliberately unconventional.

Ambrogio Frigerio’s professional story, also known as Gio, began immediately after middle school. Over the years he changed jobs several times by personal choice, following the need to carry out activities capable of providing interest and satisfaction.

His working experience includes different organisations such as Barilla, Bonduelle, Quaker and Gardaland, as well as other activities undertaken over time. At every stage he remained committed, continually updating his skills and facing new phases with a willingness to start afresh.

After 41 years of work, retirement arrived together with the possibility of devoting more time to passions that had remained in the background. The exhibition brings together the results of this freer period, when the artist was able to observe his surroundings more closely.

The exhibition also includes a reflection attributed to Frigerio: “I think there is something wrong with these new theories, made up of outlooks, solutions and white papers, if everything ultimately leads to uncertainty about the future…”

This is followed by another sentence quoted in the text: “Could it be that they got everything wrong and are continuing to get it wrong?”

This leads to the idea of adopting a more practical and relaxed approach, leaving room for the creation of new works.