At the heart of Gramma_Epsilon Gallery our purpose is to connect the present female avant-garde with the climate of experimentation and the female-led emancipatory movements of the 1960s and 1970s. We aim to document the work of the artists of the era, a time characterised by extraordinary inventiveness and experimental strength, yet of which still little is known.

The project draws inspiration from the women-centred exhibitions organised by Mirella Bentivoglio in the 1980s on the theme of the thread (filo), updating and expanding that research for the present day.

The exhibition features works by well-established artists, many of whom took part in Bentivoglio’s shows more than forty years ago, alongside younger artists who have embraced and reinterpreted those same concerns, developing them in step with the passage of time and the evolution of creative tools. Beginning with a retrospective survey of the works, conceived as a necessary condition for a free and open interpretation, the project unfolds in two distinct exhibitions.

The first, Filo-diffusione_Ə (November 13, 2025 – January 31, 2026), brings together works in which the use of thread is tied to an inner search, an exploration of the archetypal dimension linked to the mater element. Across the works on display, one perceives a profound need to explore the inner universe in an effort to define an autonomous and solid identity, one that does not reject the traits historically associated with dependence, but on the contrary, through a shift in perspective, exalts and transforms them into sources of strength.

In the second exhibition, Filo-diffusione_& (February 5 – March 28, 2026), this transformation is complete. Here, the artists move freely and confidently within the realm of logos, using thread as a means to tell stories, denounce injustices and abuses, “draw the world,” and protect and preserve the realm of memory.

The division between the two exhibitions is therefore not chronological, but interpretive, based on the dialogue between the works. This distinction is echoed in the choice of symbols, the “reversed e” (Ə) and the ampersand (&), which embody inclusion and conjunction, two guiding principles of the gallery. Fittingly, Gramma Epsilon means “the letter e” in Greek.