Maria Grazia Carriero's Shamanic Goat Masks at Spazio Microba
Maria Grazia Carriero (b. 1980, Gioia del Colle) presents an exhibition at Spazio Microba in Bari, curated by Nicola Zito, exploring the concept of the negative through shamanic goat symbolism. Drawing on Annabella Rossi's 1969 book 'La festa dei poveri' (Laterza), Carriero creates large emblematic plates and anthropomorphic masks using animal horns, serving as amulets to ward off evil. The works, described as a 'gallery of candid figurations,' blend art with anthropological reflection, invoking the magical ancestry of women to resolve life-death-rebirth cycles.
Key facts
- Maria Grazia Carriero was born in 1980 in Gioia del Colle.
- The exhibition is held at Spazio Microba in Bari.
- The curator is Nicola Zito.
- The work references Annabella Rossi's 'La festa dei poveri' (Laterza, 1969).
- Carriero uses animal horns to create anthropomorphic masks and plates.
- The objects function as amulets to ward off evil.
- The exhibition explores the negative in southern Italian folk traditions.
- The art invokes the magical ancestry of women.
Entities
Artists
- Maria Grazia Carriero
- Annabella Rossi
Institutions
- Spazio Microba
- Laterza
Locations
- Gioia del Colle
- Bari
- Italy