Loredana Longo's 'Victory' Explores War and Migration at Palermo Gallery
Loredana Longo (Catania, 1967) presents 'Victory,' her fourth solo exhibition at Galleria Francesco Pantaleone in Palermo, curated by Valentina Bruschi and running until June 22, 2016. The show critiques contemporary war through media logic, symbols, and language. Felt blankets torn and scattered on the floor evoke Mediterranean migration tragedies. On velvet walls, landscapes of Aleppo and Palmira are burned with a soldering iron, metaphorically rising from ashes. The word 'Victory' appears as a disturbing slogan on tapestries and marble sculptures. Cement partitions and a Liberty-style wallpaper compulsively repeat 'Sorry,' a bourgeois, politically correct apology. Longo states: 'Someone's victory is always someone else's defeat. Behind a victory there is always pain, someone has suffered for it.' The exhibition transforms the gallery into an obstacle course intertwining real-life and news episodes.
Key facts
- Loredana Longo was born in Catania in 1967.
- The exhibition 'Victory' is her fourth solo show at Galleria Francesco Pantaleone.
- The show runs until June 22, 2016.
- Valentina Bruschi curated the exhibition.
- The gallery is located at Via Vittorio Emanuele 303, Palermo.
- Felt blankets on the floor reference Mediterranean migration.
- Landscapes of Aleppo and Palmira are burned into velvet with a soldering iron.
- The word 'Victory' appears on tapestries and marble sculptures.
Entities
Artists
- Loredana Longo
Institutions
- Galleria Francesco Pantaleone
- Artribune
Locations
- Catania
- Palermo
- Italy
- Aleppo
- Palmira
- Mediterranean
- Via Vittorio Emanuele 303