{"id":2530,"date":"2016-04-29T16:42:53","date_gmt":"2016-04-29T15:42:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artificialis.eu\/?p=2530"},"modified":"2016-05-02T17:25:23","modified_gmt":"2016-05-02T16:25:23","slug":"exhibition-giovanna-caimmi-il-male-degli-ardenti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artificialis.eu\/?p=2530","title":{"rendered":"Exhibition: Giovanna Caimmi \u201cIl male degli Ardenti\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

22 April\u00a0\u2013 28 May\u00a02016<\/p>\n

ABC-Arte Bologna Cultura<\/strong>
\nVia Alessandrini 11, Bologna
\nwww.abcbo.it\/abc<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

curator: Beatrice Buscaroli
\nexhibition design: Fausto Savoretti<\/p>\n

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\"Temptation\"<\/a>\u201cIl male degli Ardenti\u201d<\/em> is one of the Italian synonyms for the disease Ergotism<\/em>. In the Middle Ages it was a feared illness, caused by a fungus that lives as parasite on cereals plants, especially on rye: the Claviceps\u00a0<\/em>purpurea<\/em>. Besides physical effects, it can cause mania or psychosis. Another name is the <\/span>Saint Anthony’s Fire<\/em>, due to the fact that the monks of the Order of St. Anthony were particularly successful at treating this ailment. Here is the bridge to the exhibition \u201cIl male degli Ardenti\u201d with works by Giovanna Caimmi, curated by Beatrice Buscaroli, currently on show in the rooms of the Bolognese association ABC.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"Garden\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Three years ago, Giovanna visited Lisbon and saw the \u201cThe Temptation of Saint Anthony\u201d by the Dutch painter Hieronymus Bosch (c. 1450 – 1516) at the Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga. It is the representation of the supernatural temptations faced by Saint Anthony the Great \/ Anthony the Abbot during his sojourn in the Egyptian desert. Since this first encounter with Hieronymus Bosch, Giovanna was intrigued by the works of this artist. First she started to write some little texts, inspired by the paintings.<\/p>\n

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Soon she returned to her habitual artistic expression in the visual arts. By the contemplation of Bosch\u2019s paintings, she found symbolic elements like spheres, crystals, existing and fabulous animals. Some of them Giovanna isolated and made sculptures in mixed media of them. From these pieces she shoots little animated videos<\/a><\/span>. So the imaginative worlds painted by Bosch over 500 years ago, were brought into life.<\/p>\n

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