Expositions
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In the evocative space of La Pelanda in MACRO Testaccio, Bernardo Siciliano presents Naked City, an exhibition curated by Maria Ida Gaeta and Lea Mattarella: on display large canvases of female nudes and small or medium sized paintings of New York, where the artist has been living for more than ten years.
The growth of the suburbs of Rome and its transformations emphasize the need for a critical approach in the perception of the urban dimension of the city.
The exhibition Past Forward Toward Future, curated by 3/3, and sponsored by the Comune di Roma, Assessorato alle Politiche Culturali e della Comunicazione - Sovraintendenza ai Beni Culturali, in the framework of Rome Architecture Festival – Index Urbis, takes in examination this dimension making a comparison between two projects by Joel Sternfeld, which retrieve suggestions from the past and the inspirations for the future of the city.
MACROwall:Eighties are Back! is a project that revisits Italian art of the 1980s via a collection of ten artists who represent the diverse types of research that characterized the artistic production that occurred in the decade. Each artist was invited to feature two pieces, one recent work and one from the 80s. to allow the public to examine the evolution of the creative process over the years. Each piece is accompanied by commentary from two art critics who represent the generations during which each work was made, the younger critic providing an analysis of the older work and vice versa. The audience is given the opportunity to observe how the creative process evolves over time.
The first instalment of MACROwall: Eighties are Back! features Alfredo Pirri (born in Cosenza in 1957): author, painter, sculptor and installation artist. His works are born of the union between the figurative and the abstract, reality and fiction, elements that alternate and overlap to arrive at artistic expression through expression of purity of form. The seemingly minimalist work on display at MACRO highlights the link found between color and light. Visitors observe the intense dialogue between light and color as they play out on the same wall and then experience the charge of energy from the interchange.
MACRO continues to celebrate the avant-garde art and architecture of Rome by presenting again the show Oscar Savio: Architecture in Black and White during the summer exhibition program. The exhibition is being brought back as an editorial program, proposing a “treasure hunt” of sorts in the city, a race through stories and symbols that surprise the viewer and stimulate interest in the rediscovery of Rome.
MACRO is pleased to offer its visitors this special preview of the Museum’s new wing designed by Odile Decq, featuring a selection of artworks which will highlight the potential of these new spaces. This exceptional event will take place May 29 and 30: a weekend which will make of Rome a global capital of contemporary art.
Visitors will also be able to preview the exhibits in MACRO's Via Reggio Emilia galleries.
To reserve a free visit of MACRO please book on-line:
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A great master of contemporary art, Daniel Buren conceived his first major permanent work in Rome for the museum while observing and exploring MACRO’s spaces. Imagined for the area known as the “belvedere,” Buren’s reflective work with its wonderful play of light and perspective will become a part of the museum’s future. It will participate a few months from now in the birth of the new wing designed by Odile Decq, while already “reflecting” its growth.
DigitaLife is an opportunity to offer a complex-free perspective on the future:without naivety but without solemnity. an assumed future.