Il Quinto Quarto (The Fifth Quarter), a solo exhibition by Giuseppe Gallo will open on April 15th at 19. Curated by Marcello Smarrelli the exhibition forms part of a series of events celebrating the 10th anniversary of the and the of the building where it is located.
The term “fifth quarter” denotes the insides and offal of livestock animals, as well as fowl giblets: those pieces of flesh distinguished from the animal’s traditionally edible four quarters. This title emphasizes the often irreverent irony characteristic of Giuseppe Gallo’s work, as well as its capacity for looking awry at reality. Il quinto quarto plays with the assonance between the terms interiora (insides) and interiore (interior), the latter understood in its philosophical sense of introspection and analysis of one’s own identity. The semantic nexus between interiora and interiore – a dirty, scrap part opposed to a noble and precious one – offers a possible interpretive key to the works.
