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“New Imprint in Stone“ is the title of the exhibition of stone sculptures by Raffaello Galiotto on show through July 31, 2026, at the Polveriera Francese in Forte Marghera, Mestre-Venice. Combining biomorphism, geometry, and metamorphosis, it explores a new dimension of contemporary sculpture: a language in which stone is no longer merely a material to be carved, but a responsive surface through which to imagine new forms of life.

Curator is Alfonso Cariolato.

In Galiotto’s work, the marble demands a distinctive approach:

* on one hand, it carries with it the weight of geological time, the monumentality of the material, the memory of something that has existed long before humanity. It is a material that endures, that holds time, and which, for this very reason, compels a radical physical and mental engagement;
* on the other hand, through Galiottos approach, the stone sheds its historical immobility to become an organic surface, a skin traversed by tensions, cavities, folds and openings. Forms that seem to grow from within, like biological structures or organisms belonging to unknown ecosystems. Looking at them, one often has an unexpected sensation: “it doesn’t even look like marble.” And it is precisely in this perceptual shift that the artist’s work comes to life.

Galiotto‘s work stems, in fact, from the convergence of sculpture and advanced technology. Through the use of CNC machines, parametric software, and digital processes, he redefines the relationship between hand, material, and machine.

But technology, here, is never merely technical execution. The machine is no longer the passive executor of simple, repetitive forms: it becomes a tool capable of controlling complexity, of generating patterns, ripples, surface tensions, and infinitesimal variations impossible to achieve through traditional processes.

“What fascinates me most is the search for ambiguous structural forms, straddling the animal and plant kingdoms, which allude to the flesh of the body and the likeness they themselves imply,” says Galiotto.

Forte Marghera, Polveriera Francese Mestre, Venice