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It's an exhibition to see and to listen to the one that from January 14 to February 3, 2012, the Palazzo Reale in Palermo, the Sicilian Parliament building, dedicates to BIOS Vincent, a young artist from Trapani, who lives and works between China and Italy. "The wall sounds", curated by Martina Cavallarin, is BIOS first solo show in Palermo, expected return in his homeland after the recent artistic experiences in China, in Boston and Berlin.
The exhibition is under the patronage of the Sicilian District, the Sicilian Regional Assembly and the Fondazione Federico II, and promoted by Sicilian Association Promotion, with the contribution of Galleria Affiche Milan and Galleria 71 Palermo. Sponsored by URSA Italy SrL.
THE EXHIBITION
BIOS builds for Palazzo Reale a most unusual path, which runs from the lower floor, where the visitors are greeted by video with the artist's performative acts, to the central hall on the upper floor, where a labyrinthine installation consisting of more than 40 works envelops the visitors in large coils of matter by strong colors that take over and lead to the great wall entirely covered by a work of considerable emotional dimensions.
Facing the panels sprinkled with cement, perforated by bullets of various calibers, Magnum, sinkers, Lupara, and the wall installations with numbers, words, letters, signs violated by a specific and targeted use of firearms, the visitors are carried away by the echo of an invisible firearm shot, of answers ever given, of unexpected gifts, a disillusioned hope or an erased memory.
BIOS looks at the world from the hole inflicted by bullets on its surfaces and its art looks like self-taught, but rather is borrowed from a unique cultural journey from ancient manuscripts such as graphics or medieval literature, engravings, sacred art and an imaginary visionary - says exhibition curator Martina Cavallarin.
BIOS has a personal research that investigates the social dimension focusing on topics such as abortion, ecology, oppression, violence, physical and mental barriers through an art that uses performance - in which the hunters shoot virtually on its prey, a metaphor for excellence, or in which the artist portrays the "Pinocchio" and simulated crucifixions - and wall installations, paintings that becomes sculptures welcoming color, scarification, objects surrounded by numbers like logo - as the 194, a figure that evokes the number of abortion law in Italy - or words, letters written.
"Those of Vincent's are the walls of life, telling the story of men who have lived - writes the architect Michele Premoli Silva who designed the exhibition - Walls that, like those of houses in places of combat or conflict, marked by bursts of bullets that have carved their alphabet, remembering that broken lives. BIOS has chosen to tell the life of the world through the wall".
Accompanies the exhibition a prestigious catalog published by Fondazione Federico II Editore in three languages - Italian | English | Chinese - with critical essays by Martina Cavallarin | Micol Di Veroli | Michele Premoli Silva
THE ARTIST
BIOS Vincent
born in Erice, Trapani, on 24.11.1976
Large wall installations and mixed media are used in his research, focused on the social dimension, on themes such as abortion, ecology, oppression, violence, physical and mental barriers, and memory. He is currently engaged in the process of environmental installations in which there is the use of renewable energy sources. Since 2000 his work has been exhibited in various solo and group exhibitions in Italy and abroad.
Lives and works in Milan and China and works with several studies of architecture in the development of projects between art and architecture.
INFO
BIOS Vincent | The wall sounds
curated by Martina Cavallarin
from January 14th to February 3th 2012
opening: January 13th 2012 at 7 pm
Palazzo Reale, Sala Duca di Montalto
Piazza Indipendenza, 1 – Palermo - ITALY
Under the Patronage of:
Sicily Region |Sicilian Regional Assembly |Federico II Foundation
Sponsored by:
URSA Italia Srl
With the contribution of: Galleria Affiche - Milano | Galleria 71 - Palermo
Scientific management: Scatola Bianca - Venezia
Exhibition project: Studio Premoli Silva
Communication concept and design project: Tosi comunicazione
Open: Monday-Saturday: 8:30 am - 5:40 pm; on Sundays and (public) holidays: 8:30 am-1:00 pm Ticket: 3 euro
Info: www.federicosecondo.org
Tel: +39 091_6262833
The exhibition is accompanied by a prestigious catalog edited by Federico II Foundation in three languages - italian | english | chinese by Martina Cavallarin | Micol Di Veroli | Michele Premoli Silva
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Flavia Lanza | ph. +39 340_4265760 |mail: Flavia.Lanza.Press@gmail.comIt's an exhibition to see and to listen to the one that from January 14 to... more
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Located in the heart of Miami Beach, the Art Basel has continuously grown in popularity to become one of the most illustrious art shows in the Americas. Ranging from emerging new artists to world renowned, the sheer amount of creativity is simply mind-boggling. Art Basel has transformed the whole city into an artistic painting on the wall.
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- The Verge Art Fair for emerging art.
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Aside from its rain and coffee, Seattle, Washington is known for many things subversive, from Grunge music to the activist driven WTO riots. This region of America raised the likes of Jimi Hendrix and Bruce Lee. Today, there is a culture here that is only represented anonymously in the reclaimed public spaces of the city. Images dot the urban landscape in the typical street mediums that are used across the globe; spray paint, stickers, paste-ups, stencils, wheatpasting, posters, video projection, art intervention, guerrilla art, flash mobbing, installations, post-graffiti, mosaic tiling, murals, wood-blocking, LED art, reverse-graffiti and yard bombing.
You will see that these are not commercial enterprises or vandalism graffiti, but individual creative statements... something we can all relate to. Street art as a medium has been popularized internationally by the likes of Shepard Fairey, Banksy, D*Face, Paul Insect, Swoon, Twist, Neck face, Faile, Space Invader and WK Interact. It can take on many purposes and sometimes involves activism, phenomenology, repetition, attention capture, culture jamming, direct action, guerrilla messaging, propaganda, subvertising, decoration and territory claiming.
The following is a small window into this temporary world that's constantly being revised in a flux of new symbols. It's a snapshot of work on the Seattle streets over about a 3 year period, a visual capsule in time, not a comprehensive representation of Seattle street art and the people involved over the years. Some of the work only existed for a day before it was written over by other artists or removed by the city... a reminder that nothing is permanent, and control is an illusion in the chaos of a city. Enjoy.
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