{"id":14567,"date":"2023-10-17T16:24:44","date_gmt":"2023-10-17T14:24:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artificialis.eu\/?p=14567"},"modified":"2023-11-08T18:25:22","modified_gmt":"2023-11-08T16:25:22","slug":"the-day-of-the-contemporary-in-bologna-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artificialis.eu\/?p=14567","title":{"rendered":"The Day of the Contemporary in Bologna (part 1)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>On Saturday 7th October was the 19th Day of the Contemporary (Giornata del Contemporaneo) in Italy. Promoted by the AMACI<\/a><\/span> (Association of Italian Museums of Contemporary Art), this countrywide yearly event invites not only museums, but also foundations, public institutions, private galleries, artist spaces and studios to show the vitality of contemporary art. We visited several exhibitions in Bologna, which were inaugurated on this special day and others, which started a little bit earlier. However, all the shows are still on view for a certain time. In this first part we\u2019ll talk about:<\/em><\/p>\n

Studio Cenacchi: Ricard Huerta – Cimitero Pasolini<\/a><\/p>\n

Adiacenze: plurale – SNITCH<\/a><\/p>\n

Galleria Stefano Forni: Elisa Grezzani – On my border<\/a><\/p>\n

Galleria L’Ariete: Jingge Dong – When I looked away<\/a><\/p>\n

Ricard Huerta – Cimitero Pasolini<\/strong>
\nStudio Cenacchi
\nwww.studiocenacchi.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

6 October \u2013 10 November 2023<\/p>\n

\u201cCimitero Pasolini\u201d (Graveyard Pasolini) by Ricard Huerta is part of a long-term multi-disciplinary project, which wants to attract the population to the cultural heritage of their city. In Bologna, Huerta has chosen the Cimitero Monumentale della Certosa, where he took photos. These pictures are related to quotes by Pier Paolo Pasolini, who was born in Bologna. In 1945, the Italian poet, writer, filmmaker and actor published the book \u201cMorte di un fanciullo\u201d (Death of a Boy), where the citations are taken from. The artist created aquarelle paintings to embed the words. Additionally, Ricard Huerta invited students and employees of the University of Bologna to send him photos of a graveyard dear to them, with a short description. Printed on paper, these images are also on view in the show.<\/p>\n

Visitors at the Studio Cenacchi can admire the beauty of the pictures, tombs and words and\/or reflect on death and life. Moreover, the photos and paintings will be accessible on the website of the MOdE<\/a><\/span> (Museo Officina dell\u2019Educazione), a digital museum.<\/p>\n

ngg_shortcode_0_placeholderplurale – SNITCH<\/strong>
\nAdiacenze
\nwww.adiacenze.it<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

7 October \u2013 11 November 2023<\/p>\n

The collective \u201cplural\u201d dedicates its exhibition \u201cSNITCH\u201d at Adiacenze to the cultural phenomenon of Italian trap. With an analytical approach they explore the trend and show that trap is much more than a musical style. In fact, it is more a form of lifestyle, with the corresponding soundtrack.<\/p>\n

For people unfamiliar with trap, the video \u201cColazione sull\u2019erba sintetica\u201d (Breakfast on the synthetic Grass) could be an introduction since one could listen to the music and at the same time see the comportment of the actors and the accessories. Besides, the film is a wonderful re-interpretation of \u00c9douard Manet\u2019s \u201cLe D\u00e9jeuner sur l’herbe\u201d.<\/p>\n

In the space around are elements, which occurred partly also in the video or have a significance for trap. To decode the objects, there is a kind of dictionary, which explains typical vocabulary and the meaning of components. While reading the text, the observer become aware of the far-reaching issue. The double cup (Lean on me) refers to the common consumption of lean or purple drank, in Sprite dissolved cough syrup with codeine. The long-term effect of this drug is sedative and sleepiness, hence people want to lean on. To underline this effect, the two cups are decorated with the text of the song \u201cLean on me\u201d by Bill Withers, written in violet brushmarker. Here the colour is an allusion to the colour of the drink.<\/p>\n

Recurring is the ski mask, in the video and on photos, which points to the criminal aspects of trap, likewise the belt bag, an accessory to hide illegal drugs or small weapons. Herewith, plurale exemplifies difficulties of this cultural phenomenon and at the same time the current social problems of the generation Z.<\/p>\n

To expand the topic, plurale and the curator of the exhibition Alessio Vigni have released a book:<\/p>\n

Snitch \u2013 Dentro la trap<\/a><\/span>, by Alessio Vigni and plurale at Psicografici Editore<\/p>\n

ngg_shortcode_1_placeholderElisa Grezzani – On my border<\/strong>
\nGalleria Stefano Forni
\nwww.galleriastefanoforni.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

7 October \u2013 11 November 2023<\/p>\n

Elisa Grezzani exhibition \u201cOn my border\u201d at the Galleria Stefano Forni, shows a selection of works from the last years (2020-2023). They are an explosion of colours, underlined by the gleaming surface, a result of the technique: resin and colours. Some have a pastel, almost translucent background, with some vibrant colour strokes in the foreground. Others have darker tones but also attain a spatial effect by contrasting glaring colours in the front. This effect is the result of the artist working process. She mostly works on several paintings simultaneously and superimposes layer after layer.<\/p>\n

Working on various images at the same time, might recall artists like Claude Monet, who represented with his series the same object with different light incidences. By the game of colours and the impressionist attitude of composing the painting by colour stains, he created images on the way to abstraction. On the contrary, Elisa Grezzani composes abstract pictures by colour fields and strokes, which sometimes recall realistic elements like nebulous landscapes, stormy skies, or mouths of caves.<\/p>\n

In addition to the paintings on the wall, also the floor becomes protagonist by \u201cCircles of Evolving Energies \u2013 Flying carpet\u201d. Even though, the carpet remains in the exhibition on the ground and its colours are a little bit muted, it is the continuation of the paintings in another technique: also here different layers seem to be superimposed.<\/p>\n

ngg_shortcode_2_placeholderJingge Dong – When I looked away<\/strong>
\nL’Ariete Arte Contemporaneo
\nwww.galleriaariete.it<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

23 September \u2013 18 November 2023<\/p>\n

Also Jingge Dong\u2019s paintings at the gallery L\u2019Ariete have an abstract appearance. Though the artist takes his inspiration from real sceneries, which he sketches and develops. Frequently, they are almost central compositions, where colour fields meet in the middle of the image surface. They are enriched by single elements, which recall something familiar, an animal, a human being and often plants.<\/p>\n

The Chinese artist, living in Italy since several years, confronts and merges the figurative languages of the East and the West in pastel and muted colours. Resulting are delicate and tender pictures, with a poetic charm and a flowery radiation.<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_3_placeholder\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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