Nick Devereux's Site-Specific Exhibition at Museo Canonica
Nick Devereux (Panama, 1978) presents a site-specific exhibition at the Museo Pietro Canonica in Rome, transforming the intimate home of the polymath Canonica into a stage for his works. The artist's pieces are embedded and concealed within the museum's display, appearing as fissures on the surface of matter. Devereux has conceived a path centered on the human figure, multiplying space through screen-paintings inspired by theatrical sketches by Adolf Francois Appia, and intervening on prints of acrobats, yellowed postcards, and 19th-century bourgeois family portraits to transfigure their forms, liberating the fluid matter beneath. Faces from past eras, headless Roman statues from the villa's vault, and classicist glass busts all partake in the metamorphosis of life, where human semblances mutate into an amorphous amalgam recalling the unease of Francis Bacon's incorporeal figures, leaving viewers disoriented.
Key facts
- Nick Devereux was born in Panama in 1978.
- The exhibition is held at Museo Pietro Canonica in Rome.
- The show is site-specific and revolves around the human figure.
- Devereux uses screen-paintings inspired by Adolf Francois Appia's theatrical sketches.
- He also works on prints of acrobats, yellowed postcards, and 19th-century family portraits.
- The installation includes headless Roman statues and classicist glass busts.
- The works evoke the unease of Francis Bacon's figures.
- The exhibition was reviewed by Fabio Massimo Pellicano.
Entities
Artists
- Nick Devereux
- Adolf Francois Appia
- Francis Bacon
- Fabio Massimo Pellicano
Institutions
- Museo Pietro Canonica
- Artribune
Locations
- Panama
- Rome
- Italy