Italian Council artists explore Italy's socio-cultural impasse at MAXXI
At the MAXXI museum in Rome, there's an exhibition called 'Ritratto di un Paese,' which Eleonora Farina and Matteo Piccioni are curating. It features the work of thirteen artists supported by the Italian Council as part of MiBACT's push for modern creativity. Artists like Alterazioni Video, Yuri Ancarani, and Giorgio Andreotta Calò are included. The exhibition offers a critical look at contemporary Italian life, focusing on themes of construction and concrete that symbolize Italy after the economic boom. Standout works include Alterazioni Video’s piece 'Incompiuto: la nascita dello stile,' highlighting unfinished projects, and Ancarani's 'San Vittore,' which explores the feeling of confinement in prison.
Key facts
- Exhibition at MAXXI Rome curated by Eleonora Farina and Matteo Piccioni
- Features 13 artists awarded by Italian Council (MiBACT)
- Artists: Alterazioni Video, Yuri Ancarani, Giorgio Andreotta Calò, Leone Contini, Danilo Correale, Nicolò Degiorgis, Flavio Favelli, Anna Franceschini, Eva Frapiccini, Alice Gosti, Margherita Moscardini, Luca Trevisani, Patrick Tuttofuoco
- Recurring theme: construction and concrete as symbols of Italian society
- Alterazioni Video's 'Incompiuto' documents unfinished public works
- Eva Frapiccini's work is a dossier on mafia investigations
- Yuri Ancarani's 'San Vittore' depicts prison claustrophobia
- Luca Trevisani's 'DREAM REPUBLIC' references poet Raymond Roussel's death in 1933 at Grand Hotel et Des Palmes
Entities
Artists
- Alterazioni Video
- Yuri Ancarani
- Giorgio Andreotta Calò
- Leone Contini
- Danilo Correale
- Nicolò Degiorgis
- Flavio Favelli
- Anna Franceschini
- Eva Frapiccini
- Alice Gosti
- Margherita Moscardini
- Luca Trevisani
- Patrick Tuttofuoco
- Jannis Kounellis
- Raymond Roussel
- Slavoj Žižek
- Lorenzo Taiuti
Institutions
- MAXXI
- Italian Council
- MiBACT
- Grand Hotel et Des Palmes
- Artribune
Locations
- Rome
- Italy
- Castello Sforzesco
- San Vittore