solo exhibition curated by Francesca Bianucci and Chiara Cinelli
INAUGURATION
Tuesday 25 November 2025
from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Argenteria Dabbene, Milan
Largo Claudio Treves, 2
corner via Balzan
25 – 29 November 2025
Milan, 13 November 2025 – From 25 to 29 November ,Argenteria Dabbene, a historic place of craftsmanship of excellence and an authentic symbol of Milan’s cultural tradition, is hosting the solo exhibition ‘Yaya – Bronzi’, an itinerary that offers the public a broad and articulated overview of the bronze sculptural production of the Lombard artist.
In this symbolic space, where creativity meets Milanese savoir-faire, Yaya’s bronze sculptures find their ideal stage, establishing a profound dialogue with the identity of the place, in a visual journey that celebrates beauty in all its forms, interweaving memory, material and contemporary vision.
An artistknown in Italy and abroad for the originality and uniqueness of her artistic production, Yaya is animated by a relentless tension towards research: it is precisely this drive for renewal that has led her towards bronze, a material that today represents for her a perfect synthesis of strength, memory and spirituality .
“When I decided to also make sculptures in bronze, after terracotta,” saysthe artist,“I wanted to maintain the uniqueness of each work: I personally finish the wax before casting and apply the fire patina myself. Each bronze is an author’s proof (P.A.), never mass-produced, and each sculpture has a different patination colour, making it unrepeatable. It is a process that allows me to preserve the authenticity and exclusivity of each of my creations’.
The deep love for classical expression, from which Yaya’s art is founded, becomes a creative impulse for its transfiguration into a contemporary and elegant representation, characterised by a unique and recognisable expressiveness. Yaya’s art feeds on gesture and material, in a creative process in which the hand is never separated from thought and emotion. Bronze, a noble and ancient material, becomes in her hands a vehicle of metamorphosis, a tool for exploring time and form.
A central aspect of his research is his ability to transform the static nature of sculpture into a living, vibrant body. His figures emerge as poised presences, suspended between stillness and movement, between reality and symbol. Torsions, internal tensions and restrained gestures evoke the exact moment of transformation, the threshold where everything changes and everything remains.
“Every moment of our lives is transformation,” Yaya explains. What has always driven me to explore movement in my sculptural research is the desire to capture that moment of continuous change that characterises our existence as a testimony of time. As human beings we are constantly evolving and I wanted to translate this condition into sculpture, making it capable of evoking dynamism and transition’.
Movement is manifested in the poses and gestures of the figuresę spinning bodies, arms that open in dance-like spurts, that seem to capture a suspended moment and let you perceive the energy of the gesture that precedes and the one that will follow, thus becoming a testimony to time and the hand that forged them.
There are recurring themes in Yaya’s work, among which we find the female figure as an archetype of strength and vulnerability, symbolism and mythology as a bridge to a universal imaginary, and the deep connection between nature and spirituality, understood as the search for harmony and connection between the human being and the vital forces of the world. These themes are interwoven in a coherent and recognisable language, capable of evoking deep emotions and shared memories. The exhibition is accompanied by a monographic catalogue that traces the artist’s evolution through a rich photographic apparatus, critical texts and an interview in which Yaya tells her story with sincerity and passion.
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YAYA IN ART
Through constant and passionate work, YAYA develops a skilful technical mastery, managing to impart dynamism, intensity and depth to his works. Since 2000, his research has increasingly focused on the emotional and spiritual dimension of sculpture. His creations, mainly made of terracotta and bronze, are distinguished by a vibrant expressiveness and evocative poetics that convey a sense of introspection and inner movement. His style is nourished by a constant dialogue between matter and spirit, transforming sculpture into a bridge between the visible and invisible, between form and feeling. His works, charged with energy and sensitivity, tell stories steeped in emotion and humanity, leaving a deep mark on the observer. Today YAYA lives and works between Milan and Versilia, places where she continues her incessant artistic research, always experimenting with new languages, thanks to her constantly evolving creative vision. Yaya’s work is well-known in Italy and abroad.
A member of the Society for Fine Arts and Permanent Exhibition in Milan.
Member of UCAI – Unione Cattolica Artisti Italiani.
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YAYA
Bronzes
exhibition curated by Francesca Bianucci and Chiara Cinelli
Dabbene Silverware
Largo Claudio Treves, 2
corner via Balzan
20121 Milan
Inauguration
Tuesday 25 November 2025
6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Exhibition opening
25 – 29 November 2025
free admission
Opening hours
10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
For information
Tel. +39 02 6554406
