Matt Mullican / Palazzo della Ragione, Bergamo, Italy

Marking its 15th anniversary, The Blank is delighted to present That Person’s Heaven, a solo exhibition by American artist Matt Mullican, curated by Stefano Raimondi, at the historic Palazzo della Ragione in Bergamo. The exhibition opens the ArtDate Contemporary Art Festival, supported by the Lombardy Regional Council and the Municipality of Bergamo, which features over forty events in the city of Bergamo, this year revolving around the theme of silence.

The title of the exhibition references That Person: a specific character that Mullican embodies during his hypnosis sessions, an alter ego that does not fully coincide with the artist, yet which inhabits his body and uses his voice. It is an entity expressed through childish gestures, with a language that is apparently unfiltered, at times chaotic, at other times surprisingly lucid. It is precisely in a state of hypnosis that the work is created, presented in its entirety as a monumental 16 x 16-metre square grid, housing thirty-two works of equal size, half in black and white and half in red.