{"id":5682,"date":"2025-03-25T10:14:26","date_gmt":"2025-03-25T02:14:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ambsingapore.esteri.it\/?p=5682"},"modified":"2025-03-25T10:31:27","modified_gmt":"2025-03-25T02:31:27","slug":"loy-gallery-presents-giovanni-leonardo-bassans-first-singapore-solo-exhibition-aint-no-roses-without-thorns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ambsingapore.esteri.it\/it\/news\/dall_ambasciata\/2025\/03\/loy-gallery-presents-giovanni-leonardo-bassans-first-singapore-solo-exhibition-aint-no-roses-without-thorns\/","title":{"rendered":"LOY GALLERY PRESENTS GIOVANNI LEONARDO BASSAN\u2019S FIRST SINGAPORE SOLO EXHIBITION &#8220;AIN&#8217;T NO ROSES WITHOUT THORNS&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid aligncenter wp-image-5685 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/ambsingapore.esteri.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Foto-pittura-di-Giovanni-Leonardo-Bassan.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1544\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ambsingapore.esteri.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Foto-pittura-di-Giovanni-Leonardo-Bassan.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/ambsingapore.esteri.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Foto-pittura-di-Giovanni-Leonardo-Bassan-300x241.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ambsingapore.esteri.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Foto-pittura-di-Giovanni-Leonardo-Bassan-1024x823.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ambsingapore.esteri.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Foto-pittura-di-Giovanni-Leonardo-Bassan-768x618.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">LOY Gallery Singapore is thrilled to present, under the patronage of our Embassy,\u00a0<strong>Non c\u2019\u00e8 Rosa Senza Spine<\/strong>, (&#8220;Ain&#8217;t No Roses Without Thorns\u201d), the first Singapore solo exhibition by Paris-based Italian artist <strong>Giovanni Leonardo Bassan<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Running from <strong>April 10th to May 30th, 2025<\/strong>, the exhibition explores <strong>duality, tension, and perception<\/strong>, bridging classical European painting with the raw energy of contemporary figurative art.\u00a0Bassan\u2019s layered compositions reflect <strong>Carl Jung\u2019s<\/strong> concept of integrating light and shadow within the psyche, as well as <strong>Daoist principles<\/strong> that view duality as a force of unity. Through fragmented images, veiled figures, and recurring motifs, the exhibition navigates the interplay between <strong>beauty and pain, visibility and obscurity<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>A Singaporean Perspective<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bassan\u2019s exploration of paradox resonates with Singapore\u2019s unique balance between <strong>modernity and tradition, control and spontaneity<\/strong>. <strong>Non c\u2019\u00e8 Rosa Senza Spine<\/strong> serves as a timely meditation on <strong>resilience, beauty, and the unseen forces shaping our world<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>\u201cOne does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious.\u201d<\/em> \u2013 Carl Jung<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid aligncenter wp-image-5687 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/ambsingapore.esteri.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Foto-Giovanni-Leonardo-Bassan.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1876\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ambsingapore.esteri.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Foto-Giovanni-Leonardo-Bassan.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/ambsingapore.esteri.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Foto-Giovanni-Leonardo-Bassan-300x293.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ambsingapore.esteri.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Foto-Giovanni-Leonardo-Bassan-1024x1001.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ambsingapore.esteri.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Foto-Giovanni-Leonardo-Bassan-768x750.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><b>About the artist<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Born in 1989 in Marostica, Italy, Giovanni Leonardo Bassan is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice spans painting, sculpture, ceramics and furniture design. A graduate of Politecnico di Milano, he draws inspiration from his travels and experiences in Paris\u2019s avant-garde art circles. His layered, emotionally charged paintings have been exhibited internationally, exploring themes of identity, fragmentation, and the intersection of past and present.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LOY Gallery Singapore is thrilled to present, under the patronage of our Embassy,\u00a0Non c\u2019\u00e8 Rosa Senza Spine, (&#8220;Ain&#8217;t No Roses Without Thorns\u201d), the first Singapore solo exhibition by Paris-based Italian artist Giovanni Leonardo Bassan. 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