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Galleria P420 is pleased to present two parallel solo
exhibitions, by the painter Merlin James (Cardiff, 1960)
and by Marie Cool Fabio Balducci (Valenciennes, 1961
and Ostra, 1964). These two independent shows mark the
beginning of collaboration between P420 and these artists.
Installed in the first room of the gallery, the exhibition
by Merlin James, Welsh by birth and residing in Scotland,
presents a dozen paintings from various stages in his
career, offering a glimpse – as Davide Ferri points out in
an essay written for the show – of something like series,
open, not conclusive, constantly in …