The Estorick Collection presents the first ever institutional UK exhibition dedicated to pioneering contemporary Italian master Claudio Parmiggiani. Featuring selected works from the past 50 years, the exhibition highlights the artist's distinctive exploration of memory, absence and silence in his "search for an image, object or assemblage that transcends time and individual experience to evoke a universal, existential truth".

After the Second World War, during a period of crisis for traditional figurative art, Parmiggiani developed a visual language that was both deeply personal and profoundly innovative. His approach established him as a pioneering figure, redefining artistic expression through a unique and introspective lens.

At the heart of the exhibition are the Delocazioni (Italian for 'displacements') that employ smoke and soot to create ghostly impressions of objects such as bottles, books and the human form. Originally conceived in the 1970s, this has become one of Parmiggiani's most emblematic techniques.

The exhibition presents both monumental and more intimate pieces from this iconic body of work, poetic meditations on absence and memory.

Also on view are works on paper and mixed-media sculptures that the artist describes as "sculpted paintings".

The exhibition is organised in collaboration with the artist's Archive and Tornabuoni Art, and is supported by the Consulate General of Italy in London.