VEGA and Silvia Bigi Win Premio Fabbri 2022
The winners of the eleventh Premio Francesco Fabbri for Contemporary Arts, organized by Fondazione Francesco Fabbri Onlus, have been revealed: VEGA (comprising Tommaso Arnaldi and Francesca Pionati) took the prize in Emerging Art, while Silvia Bigi was honored in Contemporary Photography. The awards ceremony took place at Villa Brandolini in Pieve di Soligo (TV), and a group exhibition will be available until December 18. Each recipient received €5,000, and their artworks will be added to Casa Fabbri's collection. Special mentions in Emerging Art were given to Andrea Bocca, Roberto de Pinto, Agnieszka Mastalerz, and Tetau (Beatrice Zito and Edoardo Montaccini). In Contemporary Photography, mentions went to Claudia Amatruda, Anaïs Horn, and Tetau. The jury included Lorenzo Balbi, Rossella Farinotti, Antonio Grulli, Angel Moya Garcia, Daniele De Luigi, Francesca Lazzarini, Elisa Medde, and Mauro Zanchi.
Key facts
- Premio Francesco Fabbri for Contemporary Arts 2022 winners: VEGA (Emerging Art) and Silvia Bigi (Contemporary Photography).
- Prize: €5,000 purchase award; works enter Fondazione Francesco Fabbri Onlus collection at Casa Fabbri.
- Finalists' exhibition at Villa Brandolini, Pieve di Soligo (TV), curated by Carlo Sala, until December 18.
- Juries: Lorenzo Balbi, Rossella Farinotti, Antonio Grulli, Angel Moya Garcia (Emerging Art); Daniele De Luigi, Francesca Lazzarini, Elisa Medde, Mauro Zanchi (Photography).
- VEGA's 'Florilegio' (2021) uses archival footage of contemporary rituals referencing Ernesto De Martino.
- Andrea Bocca's 'Osvaldo' (2022) alters Osvaldo Borsani's coat rack, inverting its hooks.
- Roberto de Pinto's 'Prima prova d'incastro' (2022) depicts young men with erotic tension.
- Agnieszka Mastalerz's 'Supports' (2020-2022) photographs steel structures in Warsaw's botanical garden.
- Silvia Bigi's 'Are you nobody, too?' (2022) uses a photo of her great-aunt Irma and texts by poets like Anne Sexton and Sylvia Plath.
- Claudia Amatruda's 'Gigante' (2020) addresses her degenerative disease.
- Anaïs Horn's 'You Would Wear It as Pajamas...' (2021) reflects on disability and Covid-19 via a kimono.
- Tetau's '⟨ ⟩' (2021) is a video installation neutralizing visual apparatuses.
Entities
Artists
- VEGA
- Tommaso Arnaldi
- Francesca Pionati
- Silvia Bigi
- Andrea Bocca
- Roberto de Pinto
- Agnieszka Mastalerz
- Tetau
- Beatrice Zito
- Edoardo Montaccini
- Claudia Amatruda
- Anaïs Horn
- Carlo Sala
- Lorenzo Balbi
- Rossella Farinotti
- Antonio Grulli
- Angel Moya Garcia
- Daniele De Luigi
- Francesca Lazzarini
- Elisa Medde
- Mauro Zanchi
- Ernesto De Martino
- Osvaldo Borsani
- Anne Sexton
- Marina Cvetaeva
- Gaspara Stampa
- Mary Shelley
- Sylvia Plath
- Emily Dickinson
- Virginia Woolf
Institutions
- Fondazione Francesco Fabbri Onlus
- Premio Francesco Fabbri per le Arti Contemporanee
- Villa Brandolini
- Casa Fabbri
- The Address Gallery
- eastcontemporary gallery
- University of Warsaw Botanical Garden
Locations
- Pieve di Soligo
- Italy
- Crema
- Terlizzi
- Łódź
- Warsaw
- Poland
- Ravenna
- Graz
- Austria
- Milan
- Brescia