Exhibition Details

Gentle Resilience marks an important milestone in Christian Fregnan’s professional journey: the debut of his first collection, shaped by a long process of disciplined craftsmanship.
This collection brings together works that explore the materiality of metal from multiple aspects, including the blend of heavyweight yet organic form. Each piece contributes to a larger narrative, exemplifying how contradicting components can coexist to express strength in a quiet and tender way.
Organic forms and subtle imperfections are essential elements that make each piece unique and alive. Dictated by the making process, each one shows different levels of intimacy and perpetuity through patination and precise yet spontaneous metal shaping. The collection expresses resilience through the timeless shape and carries the presence of future relics.

The title Gentle Resilience speaks directly to the material, metal as a medium capable of subtlety and emotional presence and reflects Fregnan’s artistic career. Mirroring his professional journey, the title suggests gradual and constant progression shaped by patience, humility and determination.

This exhibition invites the audience to objectify resilience through metal, high-end finishing and practical function. Gentle Resilience embodies Fregnan’s artistic features of endurance and craftsmanship.