The title of this exhibition, a phrase by Paul Valery which is quoted by Italo Calvino in the notes of his Norton Lecture on “lightness”, expresses the idea that to fly, to leave the bounds of gravity, to reach higher and to head for the skies is to expend effort, concentration, and volition.

Perentorio includes photography, glass, and ceramics. Using his body to portray allegorical figures, Ontani draws from literature and myth to captures their attributes in his work.

Luigi Ontani's sculptures and photographs refer to the idea of true heroism and its connection with love, as found in both sophisticated literary sources and popular traditions.

A solo show by Luigi Ontani at Museo Capodimonte in Naples. The show present 32 works by the artists (Photos, ceramics, marbles) installed in dialogue between the collection and furniture of the museum.

MAMbo dedicates to Luigi Ontani, in his hometown, an important retrospective with a rich selection of about two hundred works, from the sixties until today and some new works especially produced for the occasion.

The Genthara exhibition illustrates Ontani's whole career on the basis of photos, drawings, sculptures, works in glass and ceramics, more than two hundred of his works from 1967 through 2003.