ELISABETTA DI MAGGIO
HALL 2.0
F16
(1964, Milan)
Annunciazione #03, 2025
Ultra thin AISI 316 steel, galvanised in satinised pure silver
cm.h. 170 x 97 x 4
Provenance: the artist
Galleria Christian Stein
Two dragonfly wings emerge from the white wall: exceedingly thin, incised in ultrathin 316-grade steel and finished with satinized galvanized silver, they seem to vibrate with a luminous, silvery presence—their surface catching and refracting light. The material itself carries symbolic weight: steel evokes strength and precision, while silver, long associated with the moon, suggests reflection, transformation, and a quieter, more introspective form of beauty. As Elisabetta puts it: “The wings of dragon ies have a membranous structure, with a complex pattern that recalls the stained-glass windows of cathedrals, as well as the structural skeleton of a leaf.”
Her exhibition Elisabetta Di Maggio. Frangible at GAM – Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea in Turin, has just closed in April and followed her 2025 exhibition at Christian Stein Gallery—her second solo show at the gallery.
Elisabetta Di Maggio lives and works in Venice. For many years, she has been conducting research that emphasizes two salient elements of life: the network of communications necessary to transmit information and the time required for these actions to occur. She has been endeavoring to exhibit the close connections among the plots, circuits, grids, structures, and networks belonging to different environments.
She has taken part in numerous solo exhibitions, including: Elisabetta Di Maggio. Frangible, GAM, Turin (2025-2026); Elisabetta Di Maggio. Punto improprio, Galleria Christian Stein, Milan (2025); In-Attesa, Studio Trisorio, Naples (2023); Mapping the air, I.F.A. Gallery, Berlin (2023); Elisabetta Di Maggio, Galleria Christian Stein, Milan (2018); Greetings from Venice, Fondaco dei Tedeschi Venice (2018); Natura quasi Trasparente, Fondazione Querini Stampalia, Venice (2017); Disnascere, Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice (2012); I change but I cannot die, Laura Bulian Gallery (2012); Francesco Girondini, Verona (2004); Galleria Viafarini, Milan (2005); Il tempo è come il luogo, Galleria Alberto Peola, Turin (2001); Islands, Arco-Madrid (2001); Studio Barbieri, Venice (1999).