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The works that I would like to exhibit in the Sistine Lanes were carried out in 2015/2016. At the time I didn’t think I should talk about this problem: migrations certainly didn’t arise in those years but perhaps date back to thousands of years ago.
The exhibition tells; each painting is ultimately a presentation and representation of an intimate, political, religious feeling.
The title of the exhibition is “The Migrants” not because it is an exclusive female problem but I like to consider the feeling almost exclusive to them. We are all migrants and women, mothers, wives, daughters more like the Virgin Mary was for Jesus.
It’s very simple! Behind the wet and dirty tracksuits in colorful plastic bags, I believe that every migrant hides a festive dress, a dress in memory of a rite, of a sacrament for her or for those closest to her.
All this is the secret, the memory of their life. Of a life that a dangerous journey could one day rebuild, even if someone is no longer with them.
LE MIGRANTI
PIERO PIZZI CANNELLA
From 11.04.2024 to 27.04.2024
Rome – Corsie Sistine – Borgo Santo Spirito, 1
THE LOBSTER EMPIRE
Philip Colbert
From 21.04.2023 to 05.07.23
Naples – Largo San Martino
Colbert’s work occupies a space-time continuum fluctuating between past, present and future that amalgamates his passion for philosophy and art history with his obsession with consumer images and digital media. For Colbert Naples resonates with multiple layers of cultural history and especially the legacy of classical antiquity of Pompeii has a fascination for him as a source of inspiration.
For three months, 4 iconic works by the artist will enliven Largo San Martino in Naples.
Large sculptures and different materials – aluminium, bronze and steel – which refer to famous works of art “worn” by lobsters – sculptures, such as Duchamp’s Urinal, Van Gogh’s Sunflowers or Damien Hirst’s Shark, in a dialogue, at times even annoyingly strident, with the history of ancient and modern art and with the urban context.
THE MEETING, SYMBOL OF PEACE
Gianfranco Meggiato
From 24.02.2023 to 24.03.2023
Rome – Piazza Cavour
Among the dozens of wars being fought all over the planet, 24 February this year reminds us that 12 months have already gone by since war broke out between Russia and Ukraine. Measuring 10 x 6 metres, this installation will stand in front of the imposing great Palace of Justice in Rome: made up of jute sacks, it depicts a kind of military fortification with a Silent Muse – a sculpture – as its heart: The Encounter (4 metres high). The Encounter – a symbol of union between different cultures – seeks to takes us further, towards the hope of acquiring that awareness which in this work sets everything in motion from a single point to bring us, after a thousand intricate pathways, closely and equally together.This is why, in this particular moment in history brimming with contrasts and tensions, proposing the theme of meeting and dialogue between our differences takes on a high symbolic meaning.
Among the dozens of wars being fought all over the planet, 24 February this year reminds us that 12 months have already gone by since war broke out between Russia and Ukraine. Measuring 10 x 6 metres, this installation will stand in front of the imposing great Palace of Justice in Rome: made up of jute sacks, it depicts a kind of military fortification with a Silent Muse – a sculpture – as its heart: The Encounter (4 metres high). The Encounter – a symbol of union between different cultures – seeks to takes us further, towards the hope of acquiring that awareness which in this work sets everything in motion from a single point to bring us, after a thousand intricate pathways, closely and equally together.This is why, in this particular moment in history brimming with contrasts and tensions, proposing the theme of meeting and dialogue between our differences takes on a high symbolic meaning.
THE MEETING, SYMBOL OF PEACE
Gianfranco Meggiato
From 24.02.2023 – 9:00
Rome – Piazza Cavour
THE LOBSTER EMPIRE
Philip Colbert
From 6.10.22 to 08.01.23
Rome – Via Vittorio Veneto
The Municipality of Rome I Centro, in collaboration with Bam srl and the Association “Via Veneto”, is delighted to present a major solo presentation of sculptures by Philip Colbert, a public art project conceived by Studio Philip Colbert and curator Catherine Loewe.
Colbert’s iconic lobster sculptures will be the protagonists of the Eternal City. The exhibition ‘The Lobster Empire’ will run from 06 October 2022 to 08 January 2023, and will feature twelve iconic sculptures that will animate Via Vittorio Veneto, symbol of the Roman Dolce Vita. Gigantic sculptures – in aluminum, bronze or steel – that recall famous artworks “worn” by the lobsters – such as Duchamp’s Urinal, Van Gogh’s Sunflowers or Damien Hirst’s Shark – that cheekily engage with the history of ancient and modern art and with the urban context. Among these, the largest sculpture will be exhibited for the first time, the Lobster King, six meters high, which will greet his followers with his royal crown and raised claws.
The Municipality of Rome I Centro, in collaboration with Bam srl and the Association “Via Veneto”, is delighted to present a major solo presentation of sculptures by Philip Colbert, a public art project conceived by Studio Philip Colbert and curator Catherine Loewe.
Colbert’s iconic lobster sculptures will be the protagonists of the Eternal City. The exhibition ‘The Lobster Empire’ will run from 06 October 2022 to 15 March 2023, and will feature twelve iconic sculptures that will animate Via Vittorio Veneto, symbol of the Roman Dolce Vita. Gigantic sculptures – in aluminum, bronze or steel – that recall famous artworks “worn” by the lobsters – such as Duchamp’s Urinal, Van Gogh’s Sunflowers or Damien Hirst’s Shark – that cheekily engage with the history of ancient and modern art and with the urban context. Among these, the largest sculpture will be exhibited for the first time, the Lobster King, six meters high, which will greet his followers with his royal crown and raised claws.
THE LOBSTER EMPIRE
Philip Colbert
From 6.10.22 to 15.03.23
Rome – Via Vittorio Veneto
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