Italian sculpture resembling archaeological finds. In Rome, the works of Biggio and Fiorentino

Until Jan. 12, 2023, the Museo di Roma in Palazzo Braschi hosts the second exhibition of Landscape, one of the sections of the Quotidiana exhibition cycle, conceived and produced by the Quadriennale, in collaboration with Roma Culture, Sovrintendenza Capitolina ai Beni Culturali, aimed at an in-depth study of some significant orientations inItalian art of the 21st century. Every two months six curators (three Italian and three foreign) reflect on artistic trajectories through a critical text and an exhibition consisting of a few essential works.

The second stage of Paesaggio is dedicated to Alessandro Biggio (Cagliari, 1974) and Antonio Fiorentino (Barletta, 1987) and stems from a reflection by curator Alessandra Troncone: Italian sculpture in the 21st century tends to take on forms similar to those of archaeological finds whose connotations, instead of referring to a known past, seem to project toward a possible future. The two artists’ research analyzed in the curator’s critical essay focuses on the processes of transformation of matter and cultural meanings through time.

On the second floor is Antonio Fiorentino ’s Hermetica Hesperimenta (2018 - ongoing): an archaeological storage rack displays a series of unfinished works, almost as if they too were relics, while the piles of debris on the floor refer to destroyed objects whose memory has been lost.

On the second floor, on the other hand, is Cámua (2021) by Alessandro Biggio: a sculpture originated from the cast of the inside of a rotted trunk, around which is woven a cord washed in a mixture of water and ash, used here as a symbolic material related to the crumbling of the body.

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Photos by Carlo Romano.

Italian sculpture resembling archaeological finds. In Rome, the works of Biggio and Fiorentino

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