Gian Maria Tosatti's 'Sette Stagioni dello Spirito' at Madre Museum
Gian Maria Tosatti's site-specific project 'Sette Stagioni dello Spirito' (2013-2016) is presented at Madre – Museo d’arte contemporanea Donnaregina in Naples, curated by Eugenio Viola. The exhibition serves as a prologue, synchronically recomposing the narrative of seven environmental installations spread across abandoned buildings in Naples over three years. Inspired by Albert Camus's 'The Plague' and Saint Teresa of Ávila's seven mansions of the soul, Tosatti's work leads viewers from infernal to liminal to paradisiacal spaces, reflecting on human freedom and authenticity. The exhibition includes preparatory drawings, documents, sketches, works from the installations, and photographs, tracing the creative process and connecting exterior and interior realms. Tosatti describes the project as 'a symphony for the city and its inhabitants.'
Key facts
- Gian Maria Tosatti (born 1980 in Rome) created 'Sette Stagioni dello Spirito' (2013-2016).
- The project consists of seven site-specific installations in abandoned buildings in Naples.
- The exhibition at Madre Museum is curated by Eugenio Viola.
- The installation is inspired by Albert Camus's 'The Plague' and Saint Teresa of Ávila's seven mansions.
- The exhibition functions as a prologue, not an epilogue, to the larger project.
- Tosatti calls the project 'a symphony for the city and its inhabitants.'
- The exhibition includes drawings, documents, sketches, photographs, and works from the installations.
- The project explores themes of human crisis, authenticity, and purity.
Entities
Artists
- Gian Maria Tosatti
- Eugenio Viola
Institutions
- Madre – Museo d’arte contemporanea Donnaregina
- Fondazione Donnaregina per le arti contemporanee
- Artribune
- Madre
- PICA – Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts
- Museo Madre
- Fondazione Morra
Locations
- Naples
- Italy
- Rome
- Perth
- Australia
- Church of SS. Cosma e Damiano
- Port of Naples
- Former Military Hospital
- Piazza Dante