Alessandro Di Pietro Ghostwrites Paul Thek in Rome Exhibition
Alessandro Di Pietro (Messina, 1987) presents 'Ghostwriting Paul Thek: Time Capsules and Reliquaries' at Fondazione Nicola Del Roscio in Rome, imagining what the late American artist Paul Thek (1933-1988) might have created if still alive. The exhibition, curated by Peter Benson Miller and Cornelia Mattiacci and supported by the Italian Council, features five installations, one painting, and a video work. Di Pietro acts as an uninvited ghostwriter, exploring appropriation and fiction, and hopes that in three hundred years his works will be attributed to Thek. The show includes a critical reflection on interpretation, referencing Thek's opposition to interpretation and Susan Sontag's 'Against Interpretation' (1966). Thek, known for camp and macabre elements, died prematurely of AIDS. The exhibition runs at Fondazione Nicola Del Roscio in Rome.
Key facts
- Alessandro Di Pietro (born 1987, Messina) created the exhibition 'Ghostwriting Paul Thek: Time Capsules and Reliquaries'.
- The exhibition imagines what Paul Thek (1933-1988) would have produced if still alive.
- The project is supported by the Italian Council.
- Curators are Peter Benson Miller and Cornelia Mattiacci.
- The exhibition includes five installations, one painting, and one video work.
- Di Pietro acts as an uninvited ghostwriter, engaging with appropriation and fiction.
- Di Pietro hopes that in three hundred years his works will be attributed to Thek.
- Thek died of AIDS and was known for camp and macabre elements, and opposed interpretation, inspiring Susan Sontag's 'Against Interpretation' (1966).
Entities
Artists
- Alessandro Di Pietro
- Paul Thek
- Susan Sontag
Institutions
- Fondazione Nicola Del Roscio
- Italian Council
Locations
- Rome
- Italy
- Messina