For the sixth edition of the Furla Series program, Fondazione Furla and GAM - Galleria d’Arte Moderna di Milano announce Converging Figures, a solo exhibition by Kelly Akashi, curated by Bruna Roccasalva.

The first exhibition dedicated to the artist by an Italian institution, the project presents a series of new productions designed specifically to interact with the museum's spaces and collection. 

Kelly Akashi is an American artist of Japanese descent, born and raised in Los Angeles, whose practice is distinguished by the ability to reconcile a conceptual approach with attention to form and process. Executed with skillful manual ability and deep knowledge of materials, Akashi's works explore universal concepts such as time and space, the impermanence of the natural world, the transience of the human body, and entropy. 

Drawn to materials such as glass, wax, and bronze, Akashi shapes them to create forms that reproduce natural elements like plants, flowers, shells, or parts of her body, recording their physiological changes and the passage of time. Brought together in poetic compositions with a fragile and precious appearance, these familiar and yet strange forms explore existential issues, encouraging us to look at things from a different, broader, and less anthropocentric perspective. 

The project that Akashi has envisioned for Furla Series revolves around the concept and phenomenon of "reflection," explored through a visionary path that unfolds within the permanent collection, creating a dialogue and synergy with the museum's architecture and masterpieces.