Presented by Francis Offman

Featuring Carla Accardi, Alvar Aalto, Vincenzo Agnetti, Etel Adnan, Francis Alÿs, Michael Anastassiades, Leonor Antunes, Omer Arbel, Hans Berg & Nathalie Djurberg, Fulvio Bianconi, Sebastian Black, Irma Blank, Anna Boghiguian, Lina Bo Bardi, Sol Calero, Pier Paolo Calzolari, Chiara Camoni, Vlassis Caniaris, Roger Capron, Miho Dohi, John Dilg, Haris Epaminonda, Martin Eisler & Carlo Hauner, Francis F. Offman, Erik Olovsson / Studio EO, Bernardo Ortiz, Paulo Monteiro, Mathieu Matégot, Joseph-André Motte, Michel Mortier, Mauricio Paniagua & Tony Moxham, Valentine Prissette, Paul Heintz, Rodrigo Hernández, Santiago de Paoli, Sterling Ruby, Carlo Scarpa, Claudio Salocchi, Ettore Spalletti, Sori Yanagi, Takuro Kuwata, Luisa Lambri, Max Ingrand, Chung Eun-Mo, Jochen Lempert, Ad Minoliti, Alvaro Urbano, Formafantasma, FontanaArte, Agnes Studio

Società delle Api presents Soglia / Common Acts, an exhibition presented by Francis Offman featuring a selection of works from the Silvia Fiorucci Collection. The exhibition activates the space not only as a venue for display but as a sensory and relational environment, offering a perspective on the collection through the eyes of an artist who is part of it. In dialogue with works from the collection, a number of his previously unseen works will also be presented.

The exhibition brings together works by artists from different generations and geographies, all central to Silvia Fiorucci’s collection, placing in dialogue practices that share a radical attention to material, gesture, and the dimension of the everyday.

The title Soglia / Common Acts introduces a dual trajectory: on the one hand, the “threshold” as a space of physical and perceptual transition; on the other, “common acts” as a set of ordinary and shared gestures—never neutral—that define the relationship between body, space, and artwork.

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES

Francis Offman was born in Butare (Rwanda) in 1987. He lives and works in Bologna. His practice combines painting, collage, and installation, using reclaimed materials such as paper and textiles. His works evoke memory, identity, and cultural stratification. Recent exhibitions include: Gihanga Institute of Contemporary Art (GiCA), Kigali (2025); Taxispalais Kunsthalle Tirol, Innsbruck (2025); Secession, Vienna (2025); American Academy, Rome (2024); La Società delle Api, Munich (2024); Mead Gallery, Warwick Arts Centre (2024); Tate Liverpool, Liverpool Biennial (2023). Public collections include: FRAC Bretagne, Castello di Rivoli, MAMbo Bologna, and The Hammer Museum, Los Angeles. Francis Offman is represented by P420 in Bologna, Herald St in London, and Deborah Schamoni in Munich.