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Paola di Bello's Homeless' Home at MLAC Rome

exhibition · 2026-04-27

The MLAC museum in Rome presents "Homeless' Home," a solo exhibition by Neapolitan artist Paola di Bello (born 1961), curated by Raffaella Perna and running until June 21, 2016. The show features two photographic series: "Concrete Island" (ten images of discarded urban objects like sinks and chairs, photographed in landfills or roadsides, with the camera angled to restore their original identity) and "Rischiano pene molto severe" (portraits of homeless sleepers in Milan's metro, rotated from horizontal to vertical to restore dignity and reveal the extraordinary within the overlooked). Di Bello's neo-Situationist approach reappropriates urban reality through unconventional viewpoints, transforming commonplace subjects into mystical epiphanies.

Key facts

  • Exhibition titled 'Homeless' Home' at MLAC in Rome
  • Curated by Raffaella Perna
  • Runs until June 21, 2016
  • Features series 'Concrete Island' (10 photos of discarded objects)
  • Also series 'Rischiano pene molto severe' (homeless sleepers in Milan metro)
  • Artist Paola di Bello was born in Naples in 1961
  • Di Bello uses a neo-Situationist approach to urban reality
  • Photographs rotate homeless figures from horizontal to vertical

Entities

Artists

  • Paola di Bello

Institutions

  • MLAC
  • Artribune

Locations

  • Rome
  • Italy
  • Naples
  • Milan
  • Piazzale Aldo Moro 5

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