Roma exhibition revisits 1990s nostalgia through Ranzolin and Grimaldi

A group exhibition in Rome explores the lingering aesthetics and cultural memory of the 1990s, featuring works by Fabio Ranzolin and Luca Grimaldi. Ranzolin's installation "Sweet pours like applause" (1993) includes a looping video of the Angelo Azzurro, a provincial bomber icon, while his "Orphans of great promises" assembles posters from gay nightclubs and discos to highlight the coexistence of moralism and sexual freedom. Grimaldi's "Triptych 1" (2021) depicts three figures in period attire, using oil on canvas to comment on fashion as eternal theater and the simulation of reality, referencing Jean Baudrillard. The exhibition, curated by Raffaele Orlando, examines how the 1990s are romanticized as a golden decade, with works that blend pop themes, kitsch details, and a critique of nostalgia. The show runs at an unspecified Rome venue, with the article published on Artribune in May 2021.