Cornelia Badelita's Copy Interventions at Galleria Alberto Peola
Cornelia Badelita (born 1982 in Radauti, lives in Turin) presents a collection/personal exhibition at Galleria Alberto Peola in Turin, featuring copies of 16th-18th century paintings made in the 1990s by anonymous Chinese copyists ("Mao's portraitists"). Badelita intervenes on these orphaned works, adding marks that confer a dignified rebirth. The repetition of the pictorial gesture becomes an effigy of synesthetic reception, reaching peaks of abstraction and absolute harmony in the mirroring composition. The exhibition draws on philosophical, literary, and musical reflections on mimesis and imitation, from Aristotle's representation of essence to Latin imitatio as conditioned by models, and musical imitation in counterpoint.
Key facts
- Cornelia Badelita was born in 1982 in Radauti and lives in Turin.
- The exhibition is held at Galleria Alberto Peola in Turin.
- The works are copies of 16th-18th century paintings.
- The copies were made in the 1990s by anonymous Chinese copyists.
- The copyists are referred to as 'Mao's portraitists'.
- Badelita intervenes on the copies by leaving marks.
- The exhibition is described as a collection/personal show.
- The article was written by Federica Maria Giallombardo.
Entities
Artists
- Cornelia Badelita
Institutions
- Galleria Alberto Peola
Locations
- Turin
- Italy
- Radauti
- Romania