Back_Up: 27 under-40 Sardinian artists at Museo Nivola

Museo Nivola in Orani presents 'Back_Up. Giovane arte in Sardegna', its first post-Covid exhibition, curated by Giuliana Altea, Antonella Camarda, and Luca Cheri. The show features 27 artists all under forty, selected to represent the new generation of Sardinian art. During lockdown, the museum supported these artists with a prize, acquiring one work from each, now sold as a charity portfolio. Curators avoid regionalism, noting the artists are spread across Sardinia, Italy, and Europe. Few explicit references to the island appear, except in Makika's brutal-folk sound installation and Eleonora di Marino's mural on poisoned lands in Sulcis. The exhibition reflects global trends with a return to painting and figuration, referencing Bosch, Surrealism, Novecento, Neo Rauch, Metaphysical art, and Neo-Expressionism. Street art and illustration run parallel, with Crisa's urban ruins gaining force in the museum space and Kiki Skipi (Chiara Pulselli) presenting a pocket kamasutra. Recurring themes include the relationship with nature as a metaphor for human emotions.