Piero Varroni's Memorial-like Installation at Studio Varroni in Rome
Piero Varroni's recent works are on display at Edizioni Eos / Libri d'Artista, also known as Studio Varroni, in Rome. The exhibition features seven large paper works mounted on walls like shrouds, evoking the memorial at Pinkas Synagogue for 80,000 Holocaust victims. The pieces incorporate data, dates, names, and places from a list published on May 5, 2018, by UNITED for Intercultural Action, which was reported in The Guardian, Der Tagesspiegel, and il Manifesto. The papers are treated with chromatic clarity and patinas mimicking sun-cracked walls, overlaid with linguistic structures. An eighth blue-tinted paper lists common North European names. A separate diptych, 'Assenza, presenza – invisibile' (2019), serves as a verbovisual synthesis of a conformist world.
Key facts
- Piero Varroni was born in Terracina in 1951.
- The exhibition is held at Edizioni Eos / Libri d'Artista (Studio Varroni) in Rome.
- Studio Varroni has hosted artists such as Kounellis, Diacono, Giosetta Fioroni, Hidetoshi Nagasawa, Baruchello, Paolini, and Mattiacci.
- The seven large paper works evoke the memorial at Pinkas Synagogue for 80,000 Holocaust victims.
- The works incorporate data from a list published on May 5, 2018, by UNITED for Intercultural Action.
- The list was reported by The Guardian, Der Tagesspiegel, and il Manifesto.
- An eighth blue-tinted paper lists common North European names.
- The diptych 'Assenza, presenza – invisibile' was created in 2019.
Entities
Artists
- Piero Varroni
- Kounellis
- Diacono
- Giosetta Fioroni
- Hidetoshi Nagasawa
- Baruchello
- Paolini
- Mattiacci
- Antonello Tolve
Institutions
- Edizioni Eos / Libri d'Artista
- Studio Varroni
- UNITED for Intercultural Action
- The Guardian
- Der Tagesspiegel
- il Manifesto
- Artribune
- Accademia Albertina di Torino
- Università di Salerno
- Mimar Sinan University
Locations
- Rome
- Italy
- Terracina
- Pinkas Synagogue
- Melfi