In Brescia, Iannaccone Foundation presents a review against gender-based violence

From June 28 to Oct. 25, 2024, the spaces of RSA Vittoria in Brescia will host the exhibition Voice of Multitudes, curated by Daniele Fenaroli, conceived and realized by the Giuseppe Iannaccone Foundation in the context of the cultural battle against gender-based violence. In a set of narratives and testimonies from places around the world where discrimination and gender violence are current, the works of Zehra Doğan, Shadi Ghadirian, Terence Koh, Iva Lulashi and Zanele Muholi dialogue with the spaces of the RSA offering a context in which expressions can transcend all barriers allowing the oppressed to emerge with strength and dignity. Voice of Multitudes aims to become a call for reflection, opposing an often invisible reality of discrimination and denial of basic rights.

Zehra Doğan (Nusaybin, 1989) experienced dramatic imprisonment for publishing a post on social media highlighting the atrocities committed by the Turkish state on the Kurdish people. Through his works he brings to light the injustices suffered by his people, touching the general chords of humanity and resistance. Her choice to use salvaged materials for her production is a metaphor for resilience and the transformation of pain into liberating expression. Shadi Ghadirian (Tehran, 1974), explores through photography women’s identity in post-revolutionary Iran, emphasizing the contradictions between modernization and tradition. Her works stage the depersonalization of women, bent to a merely domestic function and subjected to social control. Iva Lulashi (Tirana, 1988) through painting investigates the collective memory and tradition of power, examining the dynamics of a dictatorship of deprivation and control, proposing new narratives capable of subverting the established order. Zanele Muholi (Umlazi, 1972), a South AfricanƏ visual activist, uses photography to document and celebrate her country’s LGBTQIA+ community, which has suffered violent injustices for decades. Through his shots, he creates a visual archive that challenges stereotypical representations. In the exhibition space populated by female artists, the presence of a white marble male figure emerges, sculpted by the hands of queer artist Terence Koh (Beijing, 1977). The marble becomes a reflection of vulnerability and introspection. The small man, curled up in a fetal position, is a universal symbol of birth, rebirth and hope as well as repentance and pain. In an exhibition where women’s voices rise up telling stories of resistance and denunciation, the presence of this work is an invitation to dialogue and understanding, a gesture of respect and empathy. The project has the ambition to tell how art can be a tool for social change, an invitation to reflect and act.

In Brescia, Iannaccone Foundation presents a review against gender-based violence

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