Wednesday, January 8th, at 5.30pm the PAN, Palazzo delle Arti Napoli, will open the exhibition "Briganti" (Brigands). The exhibition continues the project strated by "Interstitial Spaces: Banners at the PAN", curated by Beppe Palomba for l'Accademia della Bussola. Nine large banners will come down from the balconies on the third floor to cover the facade of Palazzo Roccella with evocative images created to remember the phenomenon of banditry and its social and cultural roots. |
It will be an exhibition not inside the Museum, but outside it. It represents a new way to understand and spose Art, bringing it directly in front of the audience, moreover in spaces that could be considered to be unusual for Art, but that are the common places of life. The aim is to determine people's interest and curiosity and with the intention to create a real exhibition outside the building. In this way, lazy passer-by as well can understand the meaning of Beauty and creativity. The first experiment took place in December 2012 in occasion of the exhibition "Aprotepein", when the facade of the PAN was plastered with banners that mocked Mayan prophecy. The Artists Dario de Cristofaro, Amedeo Grazioso, Carmen Lietz, Morena Beatrice Mennella, Pagina 49, Ariane Schuchardt, Anita Scola, Giorgio Scotti, Giuseppe Sticchi and Rosario Vesco presented a "site specific" exhibition on Brigands. Brigantes are figures between history and myth, in some way representative of the South and its contradictions, a little 'patriots and a little' outlaws, mirror the contradictions and controversy between conservation and revolution, between past and present, and among libertarian utopia and reasons of the Nation. There will be two more exhibitions like this one, "Fairy Tales and Mermaids" from February, 12th and "Ex Voto" in March. Some sketches will be on display in the Piano Hall at the PAN. The exhibition on the facade in visible 24 hours a day until January, 17th. |
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