{"id":8536,"date":"2020-01-22T21:25:13","date_gmt":"2020-01-22T19:25:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artificialis.eu\/?p=8536"},"modified":"2020-01-27T17:17:30","modified_gmt":"2020-01-27T15:17:30","slug":"bologna-art-city-2020-13-proposals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artificialis.eu\/?p=8536","title":{"rendered":"Bologna ART CITY 2020 \u2013 13 Proposals"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>In these days, the Bolognese art week started. Besides the traditional Arte Fiera, Italy\u2019s oldest enduring art fair, there are many collateral events throughout the city and around. This year\u2019s program of the ART CITY is once more larger than in the preceding years. There are 22 main projects and a special one, coordinated by Area Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, the Instituzione Bologna Musei guided by the MAMbo\u2019s artistic director Lorenzo Balbi. Additionally, numerous galleries, associations and other initiatives, including the Cinema Lumi\u00e8re (Fondazione Cineteca) with a rich program of suiting films participate. In consequence, the official guide lists 126 venues.<\/p>\n

If this is not enough, there will be a new alternative art fair, the first edition of BOOMing and the restructured SetUp will be no longer a tradeshow, but an exhibition featuring artists of its expo past. To be expected are many other initiatives by single artists and art lovers or cooperations. All these activities will find their highlight in the White Night, on Saturday 25th January, when the venues stay open until midnight. It\u2019s worth to take the time to stroll through the city, perhaps with the main program as guide, but keep the eyes open to find surprises here and there. To date, we visited some of the early bird exhibitions, to propose our first impressions. Attention: the starred exhibitions are only visible during the time of the Arte Fiera!<\/p>\n

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Labs Gallery – Partiture illeggibili<\/a><\/p>\n

Galleria de’Foscherari – Michele Zaza \u2013 Segreto Cosmico<\/a><\/p>\n

Villa delle Rose – Muntadas. Interconnessioni<\/a><\/p>\n

Galleria d’Arte Maggiore – Vasco Bendini – Historic works<\/a><\/p>\n

Fondazione del Monte di Bologna e Ravenna – 3 Body Configurations: Claude Cahun, Valie Export, Ottonella Mocellin<\/a><\/p>\n

Otto Gallery – Urs L\u00fcthi \u2013 Aus der Serie der gro\u00dfen Gef\u00fchle<\/a><\/p>\n

L\u2019Ariete Contemporaneo – Luca Lanzi ‘Layer’<\/a><\/p>\n

Museo Davia Bargellini – Via libera per volare \u2013 Antonello Ghezzi with Luigi Mainolfi<\/a><\/p>\n

Museo internazionale e biblioteca della musica – Donatella Lombardo. Partiture Mute. Note margine<\/a><\/p>\n

Parco Commerciale Borgo Mascarella \/ Ristorante IKO – BLOB-OUT*<\/a><\/p>\n

MAMbo \u2013 Sala delle Ciminiere – AGAINandAGAINandAGAINand<\/a><\/p>\n

VRUMS – WHAT IF \u2013 La riproducibilit\u00e0 tecnica nell\u2019epoca dell\u2019opera d\u2019arte*<\/a><\/p>\n

Autostazione – \u201cSono ancora qua\u201d \u2013 SetUp to be continued*<\/a><\/p>\n

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Partiture illeggibili<\/strong>
\nLabs Gallery
\nVia Santo Stefano 28, Bologna
\nwww.labsgallery.it<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

14 December 2019 \u2013 22 February 2020<\/p>\n

The first part of the exhibition \u201cPartiture illeggibili\u201d is on view at the gallery; the second part will be visible at the gallery\u2019s booth at the Arte Fiera. Each show is featuring three female artists from different generations, hence with different background and approaches. Nevertheless, the venue in Via Santo Stefano with Nina Carini, Leila Mirzakhani and Greta Sch\u00f6dl is a harmonious poetic ensemble despite the dichotomies.<\/p>\n

ngg_shortcode_0_placeholderMichele Zaza \u2013 Segreto Cosmico<\/strong>
\nGalleria de’Foscherari
\nVia Castiglione 2b, Bologna
\nwww.defoscherari.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

14 December 2019 \u2013 14 March 2020<\/p>\n

Although composed by single works, Michele Zaza\u2019s cosmic secrets appears as a whole, which lets the visitor immerse into an unknown universe. Elements of the name giving video installation from 2018 are to be found in the older photo series \u201cUniverso estrano\u201d from 1976. The exhibition is completed by \u201cCielo abitato\u201d from 1985, photographic double portraits surrounded by enigmatic forms, which also remind elements from the video installation.<\/p>\n

ngg_shortcode_1_placeholderMuntadas. Interconnessioni.<\/strong>
\nVilla delle Rose
\nVia Saragozza 228\/230, Bologna
\nwww.mambo-bologna.org\/villadellerose\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

18 January \u2013 22 March 2020<\/p>\n

Antonio Muntadas establishes in his first solo exhibition in an Italian museum interconnections between not always obvious contexts. Personal sensitive experiences (Subsensory Experiences: actions and activities, installation 1971-73) are juxtaposed to tactile encounters in public space, in particular during trade exchanges (Mercados, Calles, Estaciones, video, 1973-1974). Photographic ensembles unite architectures, interior spaces with gestures, to reveal mechanisms of power (Architektur \/ R\u00e4ume \/ Gesten II, photos, 1988 \u2013 2017). The video projection “On Translation: On View” (2004) is one of three films associated to the \u201cAsian Protocols\u201d showing peoples silhouettes in a public waiting area. Perennial gestures like using the smartphone underline a constantly connected society. At the same time, they present the contrast between public and privacy. There are many other works, which focus on communication, media and globalisation. In doing so, Muntadas reflects on our contemporary society and challenges the visitor to get involved with the artworks. A guideline could be the interrogatives in the entry hall (Project, 9 digital prints, 2007).<\/p>\n

ngg_shortcode_2_placeholderVasco Bendini – Historic works<\/strong>
\nGalleria d’Arte Maggiore
\nVia d’Azeglio 15, Bologna
\nwww.maggioregam.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

17 January \u2013 16 February 2020<\/p>\n

After his studies under Giorgio Morandi and Virgilio Guidi at the Accademia di Belli Arti in Bologna, Vasco Bendini\u2019s figurative elements vanish progressively. As precursor of the Informal in Italy, he was co-initiator of the Arte Povera. The works on view range from the end of the 1950s until the 1970s. However, bright colours appear as well as muted ones, there are pure paintings, canvasses with additives like colour powder or sand and also mixed techniques including other objects at all times.<\/p>\n

ngg_shortcode_3_placeholder3 Body Configurations: Claude Cahun, Valie Export, Ottonella Mocellin<\/strong>
\nFondazione del Monte di Bologna e Ravenna
\nVia delle Donzelle, Bologna
\nwww.fondazionedelmonte.it<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

18 January \u2013 18 April 2020<\/p>\n

The exhibition \u201c3 Body Configurations\u201d is featuring three female artists. Claude Cahun (France, 1894-1954) questioned gender in her photography in research for her own identity, influenced by surrealism. On view are mostly small format self-portraits. Whereas the photos of her younger colleagues are large-sized. The works by Valie Export (Austria, 1940) in the show are relating body language with the urban ambience and Ottonella Mocellin (Italy, 1966) visualises conflicts, emotions and the dialogue within human relations.<\/p>\n

ngg_shortcode_4_placeholderUrs L\u00fcthi \u2013 Aus der Serie der gro\u00dfen Gef\u00fchle<\/strong>
\nOtto Gallery
\nVia d\u2019Azeglio 55, Bologna
\nwww.otto-gallery.it<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

18 January \u2013 10 April 2020<\/p>\n

In painting and sculpture, the Otto Gallery presents extracts of Urs L\u00fcthi\u2019s series about strong emotions. Older depictions from the 1980s are contrasted by sculptures that are more recent. However, in common is the ironic way. Often, the pictures juxtapose or overlap the female and the masculine, while the statuettes are satirical self-portraits.<\/p>\n

ngg_shortcode_5_placeholderLuca Lanzi ‘Layer’<\/strong>
\nL\u2019Ariete Contemporaneo
\nVia d\u2019Azeglio 42, Bologna
\nwww.galleriaariete.it<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

18 January \u2013 26 February 2020<\/p>\n

Also the Gallery Ariete Contemporaneo brings images to sculpture face to face in a solo show. While the monochrome three-dimensional representations are mostly figurative, the pictures are primarily abstract colourful compositions. Thereof results a fortunate interplay, which addresses the perception of beauty.<\/p>\n

ngg_shortcode_6_placeholderVia libera per volare \u2013 Antonello Ghezzi with Luigi Mainolfi<\/strong>
\nMuseo Davia Bargellini and other venues
\nStrada Maggiore 44, Bologna
\nwww.museibologna.it<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

22 January \u2013 1 March 2020<\/p>\n

Inspired by the narration \u201cIl semaforo blu\u201d (The blue traffic light) by Gianni Rodari and the Luigi Mainolfi\u2019s installation \u201cPer quelli che volano\u201d (For those who fly) the artist duo Antonello Ghezzi conceived with Luigi Mainolfi a course of installations throughout the city of Bologna. The starting point is in the Museo Davia Bargelli (City Museum of Industrial Art), where the works of the artists communicate with the historic items on view. Pay attention, sometimes the pieces are hidden in-between the main exhibition parts. In the courtyard of the Palazzo d\u2019Accursio at the Piazza Maggiore is an installation of blue traffic lights. Other venues are at the Airport Guglielmo Marconi (Marconi Lounge), in the polyclinic Sant\u2019Orsola (Department of paediatrics) and the Casa della Conoscenza in Casalecchio di Reno.<\/p>\n

ngg_shortcode_7_placeholderDonatella Lombardo. Partiture Mute. Note margine.<\/strong>
\nMuseo internazionale e biblioteca della musica di Bologna
\nStrada Maggiore 34, Bologna
\nwww.museibologna.it\/musica<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

22 January \u2013 23 February 2020<\/p>\n

With the exhibition, \u201cMute scores. Side notes.\u201d some of templates of musical notations preserved in the international Music Museum and Library return to this place in form of artworks. Donatella Lombardo reproduced 20 compositions of female composers form the middle ages up to the early 20th century. Printed on upholstered segmental linen arches, these ancient female creations, nowadays often forgotten, are on focus once again. In adding embroidery and wooden bobbins, the artist refers to the mainly female handicrafts, another traditional possibility for women of to express creativity. Additionally to the series \u201cPartiture Mute\u201d from 2016, Donatella created two new series: one where she translates music into embroidery and another one, which makes some of her own compositions visible and palpable.<\/p>\n

ngg_shortcode_8_placeholderBLOB-OUT*<\/strong>
\nParco Commerciale Borgo Mascarella \/ Ristorante IKO
\nVia Stalingrado 71, Bologna
\nwww.borgomascarella.it<\/a><\/span>
\nwww.ikosushibologna.it<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

22 \u2013 26 January 2020<\/p>\n

Like a huge octopus, the monumental installation by Basmati Film and Ditraverso blobs out of the windows of the building of the Japanese Restaurant. Its arms twine to the ground and embrace the house. Even though appearing organic, the air hoses are made of a semi-transparent synthetic cloth. By illuminations and video projections, accentuated by music composed by Pasquale Sorrentino the object seems to be a living organism. This ephemeral artwork is conceived to change the perception of the urban plant. Thereby it reflects the history of the commercial park, once constructed to requalify the quarter and designed as unusual single buildings. Especially during night, the huge installation is impressive and a stop when coming from the Arte Fiera or an excursion to the outskirts of the city might be the occasion to try the delicious sushi inside.<\/p>\n

ngg_shortcode_9_placeholderAGAINandAGAINandAGAINand<\/strong>
\nMAMbo \u2013 Sala delle Ciminiere
\nVia Don Minzoni 14, Bologna
\nwww.mambo-bologna.org<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

23 January \u2013 3 May 2020<\/p>\n

In the Modern Art Museum of Bologna, seven international artists deal with repetition. Although in ancient philosophies and some religions the circular worldview is quite common, the western world was characterised by a linear one. Since some years, a change of this paradigm seems to emerge. Not least caused by the technical media revolution. Hence, the MAMbo dedicates a whole exhibition to the eternal loop, where artists approach the theme sociologically, philosophically, religiously and ecologically. While the Greek painter Apostolos Georgiou depict situations where people are captured in the daily live routine, Ragnar Kjartansson from Iceland invites to follow the never changing attempts of an approach between two young people in a French village of the 1950s. \u201cBonjour\u201d is a huge installation with an ongoing performance of the two actors. In the side halls around, there are other artworks (video and sculpture) pointing to the loop by the British artists Cally Spooner, Susan Philipsz and Ed Atkins, Luca Francesconi (Italy) and Apichatpong Weerasethakul (Thailand).<\/p>\n

ngg_shortcode_10_placeholderWHAT IF \u2013 La riproducibilit\u00e0 tecnica nell\u2019epoca dell\u2019opera d\u2019arte*<\/strong>
\nVRUMS \u2013 Virtual Reality Art Rooms
\nVia Zaccherini Alvisi 8, Bologna
\nwww.vitruviovirtualmuseum.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

23 \u2013 26 January 2020<\/p>\n

For the occasion of Art City, the recently inaugurated museum of virtual reality opens its doors for the public, with free entrance during the days of the Arte Fiera. With the allusion to Walter Benjamin\u2019s historic essay about the artwork in the age of mechanical reproduction, the VRUMS wants to start, where the classical definition of an artwork ends. The visitor is invited to make his\/her own experience in the virtual space. There are four proposals to travel in a reality of the past, a projection of the future or in a fantasy world. One voyage brings us into the Casa Malaparte, the mystical villa on the Capri Island, where Brigitte Bardot used to take a sunbath and Alberto Savinio housed his ceramics. Virtual architectures are accessible in the unit of Casa do ut do, where one can walk through designs of 13 famous architects and artists such as Alberto Biagetti, Daniel Libeskind, Renzo Piano and Nanda Vigo. Another expedition is into the labyrinth of Enrico T. De Paris. Here the visitor becomes an active part of the artwork. Moreover, one might fly with Freak Antoni over Bologna, accompanied by the music of Ludovico Einaudi.<\/p>\n

ngg_shortcode_11_placeholder\u201cSono ancora qua\u201d \u2013 SetUp to be continued*<\/strong>
\nAutostazione
\nPiazza XX Settembre 6, Bologna<\/p>\n

24 \u2013 26 January 2020<\/p>\n

After the seventh edition of the SetUp Contempory Art Fair in 2019, the director-duo Zannoni-Gavoldi announce that there will be no trade show with this title in 2020. So far so true! Nevertheless, the SetUp comes out in a new guise. After many positive signs of encouragement and support, Alice Zannoni decided to send out an optimistic message for the future, even though the art fair could not continue in its old format, due to financial problems. 24 artists and artists groups donated their artworks to organise an exhibition. Additionally, faithful collectors are backing. Resulting is a sales exhibition in the, for the SetUp historical space of the Autostazione di Bologna. This underlines that the SetUp is still there and goes on to promote and support young emerging artists and galleries.<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_12_placeholder\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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