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Essential Experiences
[In English & Italian]
Edited By Laorand Hegyi
October 2010
Mondadori Electa, Milan, Italy
Distributed By Trans-Atlantic Publications
9788837073909
165 Pages, Illustrated, 9 x 10 3/4"
$63.50 Paper original
This exhibition opens the new season at the Riso Museum in
Palermo. Without in any way wishing to be moralistic or
didactic, the exhibition, with 24 leading exponents of the
contemporary art scene on display, deals with fundamental
ethical issues regarding the very concept of “creation” and the
theme of the artist’s responsibility; the extent to which he or
she manages to involve the visitor in an interpretative journey
through essential themes – through signs, symbols and
metaphors – which are at the same time both simple and
complex.
Organised in two phases, the exhibition represents a
sort of encyclopaedia of artistic representation of the great
existential themes. The first part explores the great issues of
passing time, death, loneliness, fear, identity and love. The
artists exhibiting in this first section include: Marina Abramovic,
Jan Fabre, Gloria Friedmann, Dennis Oppenheim, William
Kentridge, Anselm Kiefer, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Paolo
Grassino, Danica Dakic, Kevin Francis Gray, Gilbert&George,
Koji Tanada.
The second part of the exhibition is dedicated to
works by artists who share the desire to shape fascinating
metaphors, with echoes of loss, resistance, devotion, empathy
and participation. Names include: Lee Ufan, Richard Long,
Roman Opalka, Giuseppe Penone, Gunther Uecker, Pedro
Cabrita Reis, Kim Sooja. This exhibition opens the new season
at the Riso Museum in Palermo. The exhibition, with 24 leading
exponents of the contemporary art scene on display, deals with
fundamental ethical issues.
