Solo cose belle: Collective Exhibition at Galleria Acappella, Naples
The exhibition 'Solo cose belle' at Galleria Acappella in Naples explores the concept of beauty through the works of artists in residence at the city's gates. The show draws on the epistemological break of modernist aesthetics, viewing beauty with both lightness and anxiety. Vittorio Brodmann's semi-abstract paintings with synthetic, aggressive colors simultaneously ironize and gasp. Daphne Ahlers presents latex masks referencing the legend of a beautiful woman found dead in the Seine around 1880, now reduced to eerie faces on the floor. Lili Thiessen turns to humble, decorative production with pop and extravagant colors. Daniel Faust's photographs enigmatically depict aesthetic objects in museum contexts. The title, borrowed from a shop selling trivial, cheap items near the gallery, evokes Neapolitan irony about beauty's lightness.
Key facts
- Exhibition titled 'Solo cose belle' at Galleria Acappella in Naples
- Features works by Vittorio Brodmann, Daphne Ahlers, Lili Thiessen, and Daniel Faust
- Artists are in residence at the gates of Naples
- Brodmann's works use synthetic, aggressive colors in semi-abstract figuration
- Ahlers' latex masks reference a legend of a woman found dead in the Seine around 1880
- Thiessen's work is humble, decorative, with pop colors
- Faust's photographs show aesthetic objects in museum contexts
- Title borrowed from a nearby shop selling trivial items
Entities
Artists
- Vittorio Brodmann
- Daphne Ahlers
- Lili Thiessen
- Daniel Faust
Institutions
- Galleria Acappella
Locations
- Naples
- Italy