Iginio De Luca's 2013 Quirinale Dice Blitz Revisited in Rome Exhibition

Iginio De Luca (born 1966 in Formia) presents 'Ca Maronn c’accumpagn', a solo exhibition at Blocco 13 in Rome, curated by Adriana Polveroni. The show centers on a large-scale painting that revisits his 2013 performance on Piazza del Quirinale, where he rolled two large dice to protest the stalemate in the election of the President of the Republic, which resulted in Giorgio Napolitano's reconfirmation. The painting depicts the moment the blitz ended, showing a carabiniere stopping the artist, who wears a white apron and carries away the dice. Polveroni's critical text describes the work as an invitation to imagination, making viewers complicit in a situationalist reenactment. De Luca explains that he took ten years to complete the painting, which bridges the 2013 action and his current static, contemplative practice. He emphasizes that the political critique remains relevant, and that painting itself becomes a political act. The exhibition presents only this single work, reactivating the original blitz.