Monica Bonvicini's neon installation 'Power Joy Humor Resistance' at Swedish Italian Cultural Institute

Monica Bonvicini's site-specific neon installation 'Power Joy Humor Resistance' is on view at the Italian Cultural Institute in Stockholm until February 28, 2021. The work, curated by Adriana Rispoli, is part of the 16th Giornata del Contemporaneo promoted by AMACI and concludes a trilogy of site-specific installations by Italian artists at the institute, following Bianco-Valente's 'Relational' (2018) and Mariangela Levita's 'TUTTO.Leonardo' (2019). The neon sign is mounted on the building designed by Gio Ponti in 1958. Bonvicini, born in Venice in 1965 and based in Berlin, explores themes of feminism, gender, and power, drawing inspiration from Soraya Chemaly's book 'Rage Becomes Her: The Power of Women's Anger.' The work references the 2020 pandemic, LGTBQA+ rights movements, and Black Lives Matter protests following George Floyd's death. Bonvicini has received the Golden Lion at the Venice Biennale (1999), the Preis der Nationalgalerie für junge Kunst (2005), and the Oskar Kokoschka Prize (2020).