The Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore proudly presents the exhibition ELPÌS – Where Hope Is Born by Gianfranco Meggiato, a contemporary artist renowned for a sculptural style that merges spirituality, matter and metaphysics. Hosted in the grounds of the University, the exhibition also occupies two neighbouring locations in Milan – Largo Gemelli 1 and Via Carducci 28/30 – and is open to the public 13 June-30 September 2025.
The official opening will take place in Largo Gemelli at 18:30 on Friday 13 June, with the artist himself in attendance.
The works displayed in this unconventional exhibition hosted in cloisters and meeting places of the University urge visitors to experience them at first hand. The artist seeks to promote active and involved interaction between visitors and his works: his sculptures are not conceived as objects merely to be observed passively but as elements for physical exploration. They can be touched and rotated, thereby establishing a direct, sensory dialogue with all spectators.
The event welcomes seven works: Il Soffio della Vita, Colpo d’Ala, Risveglio, Il Volo, Lo Specchio dell’Assoluto (located in Largo Gemelli), L’Incontro, and Oltre il Finito (located in Via Carducci). All the installed works all white, highlighting the concept of transcendence and the aethereal dimension, unique pieces cast in aluminium that are subsequently oven painted. All these works – with their symbolic and visionary language – accompany visitors on a journey of rebirth, hope and existential reflection. These sculptural forms evoke universal archetypes such as courage in pain, tension for what lies beyond us, the awakening of the soul and the encounter with “the other”, thereby composing visual reflections about humanity and its constant dialogue with the invisible.
