Gianluigi Colin's 'Costellazioni familiari' at Palazzo del Governatore in Parma

The exhibition 'Costellazioni familiari' at Palazzo del Governatore in Parma presents works by Gianluigi Colin alongside those of fellow artists, photographers, and poets. Curated by Arturo Carlo Quintavalle, the show is divided into four sections, including 'Presente storico' and 'Impronte dal presente'. Colin, born in Pordenone in 1956, was art director for Il Corriere della Sera and now designs covers for La Lettura. His politically charged works often use newspaper as a medium, as seen in 'Il mare di Alan', which reproduces a detail of the photograph of Alan Kurdi, the three-year-old Syrian boy who drowned in 2015. The exhibition also features 'Sudari' series, abstract works made from cloth used to clean newspaper printing presses. The show includes pieces by Jannis Kounellis and Mimmo Paladino, and references Claudio Parmiggiani's 'Scultura d'ombra' from 2010. The catalog is designed as a newspaper and distributed free. Some critics note that the vast exhibition occasionally suffers from repetition.