To
continue. Notes towards a Sculpture Cycle
is a research-based project inspired by a core group of works from
the Nomas Foundation collection, which focuses on sculpture,
organised in three chapters, each dedicated to a specific aspect of
the medium. Through itineraries around the city, a public programme
of lectures in collaboration with Galleria Nazionale d’Arte
Moderna, visits to artists studios and specific collections, To
continue. Notes towards a Sculpture Cycle aims to build a dialogue
between the present and the past, between the Foundation and the
narrative texture of the city.
Matter,
the first episode of To
continue. Notes towards a Sculpture Cycle,
is inspired by the famous series of lectures held by Rudolf Wittkower
at Cambridge University in 1970-71. The aim of these lectures, was to
examine works on the basis of the working methods used by the
artists, while also seeking out lines of continuity and rupture
throughout the history of art, from the Archaic period to the present
day. In a similar manner, this first episode looks at how works are
made, and how their material presence determines their appearance and
the way they are perceived. The solid and the void, to carve or to
shape, are still the constituent elements of sculpture today –
whether the artist works with traditional materials or whether he
inscribes the form within a space, or even when giving shape to data,
images and sounds that constitute a new and potential matter.
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Curated
by Cecilia Canziani and Ilaria Gianni,
assistant curators Michela
Tornielli and Stefano Vittorini
Exhibition:
Giorgio
Andreotta Calò, Rossella Biscotti, Chiara Camoni, William Cobbing,
Michael Dean, Luisa Gardini, Helena Hladilová, Oliver Laric, Else
Leirvik, Nicola Pecoraro, Diego Perrone, Timur Si-Qin, Jesse
Wine.
References:
On
the occasion of the opening a rare documentary dedicated to the
Italian sculptor Medardo Rosso, realised for the RAI in 1959 by
Alberto Martini, historian and art critic, will be shown.
Opening
Tuesday February 26, 2014 6.30 pm
Nomas Foundation,
Viale
Somalia, 33 - Roma
February 26 to April 5 | Matter
April 17 -
May 27 | Vision
June 5 - July 25 | Scale
To
continue. Notes towards a Sculpture Cycle
continues Nomas Foundation’s ongoing investigation on visual art’s
languages, following A
Theatre Cycle,
2013; A
Painting Cycle,
2012; A
Film Cycle,
2011; A
Performance Cycle,
2010.
