The Invisible Atlas / 20 September – 8 November 2025

Alessandro Casciaro Venezia is pleased to present The Invisible Atlas, the

first solo exhibition by artist Robert Pan (Bozen, 1969) in the gallery’s

Venetian space. In an era dominated by the dematerialization of vision and

the overabundance of images, Robert Pan takes us in a radically opposite

direction: toward density, depth, and presence. With The Invisible Atlas, the

South Tyrolean artist unveils a cycle of works that seem to emerge from

another dimension, where painting, sculpture, and cosmology merge into a

surface that breathes and vibrates.

Pan works with resin like a geologist of color: layering, incising, polishing,

and sculpting it. It is a slow, alchemical process in which time becomes

substance. From this procedure, layered, luminous, and unfathomable

surfaces emerge, traversed by points of light, translucent veils, and opaque

outcroppings. These works do not depict anything recognizable, yet they

reveal a great deal: a material that seems to draw on the language of

contemporary physics, where “darkness” is not absence but origin—not the

negation of light, but the condition for its possibility.

Pan’s surfaces are cosmic membranes: they seem to capture both the silence

of the void and the energy of a beginning. Each panel becomes an

autonomous fragment, a portion of the universe where perception becomes a

total sensory experience. The artist does not paint—he constructs. Color here

is not a superficial layer, but a living body, mass, matter in stratification. The

resin does not merely serve to “fix” pigment—it absorbs it, multiplies it, and

holds it in a depth that invites the eye to lose itself.

It is no coincidence that Pan defines himself as a sculptor. His “paintings” are

objects—entities that transform the space they inhabit, establishing a

magnetic relationship with it. Though still wall-mounted works, they radiate a

presence that influences the surrounding environment, demanding space,

silence, and attention. In a fast-paced world, Pan offers a slow, immersive,

almost meditative form of perception. His choice of alphanumeric titles—

such as HB 7.575 BX—evokes the language of star catalogues, a gesture that

underscores his distance from any descriptive or narrative intent. His works

are not illustrations of the cosmos, but the creation of a personal, visionary

atlas in which the microscopic and the macroscopic, the visible and the

invisible, converge.

Through his language, Robert Pan transforms matter into threshold and light

into enigma. The result is a body of work that is intensely contemporary and

at the same time archaic—as if it spoke a forgotten and necessary language.

In a world saturated with images, The Invisible Atlas is an invitation to look

beyond appearances, toward what—though invisible—holds the universe

together.

Artist: Robert Pan

Exhibition: The Invisible Atlas

Opening: Saturday, September 20th, 5:00-8:00 pm

Duration: 20 September – 8 November 2025

Opening Times: We-Sa 11:00 am - 6:00 pm