The Muse of Archeology weeps by Francesco Vezzoli
Photo by Ela Bialkowska OKNO studio
“Tigrotta” by Beatrice Brandini
Two new sculptures, in Piazza delle Signoria and in Palazzo Vecchio, will characterize Florence until February 2, 2022: “Francesco Vezzoli in Florence”.
Pietà by Francesco Vezzoli
Foto by Ela Bialkowska OKNO studio
After the installations by Jan Fabre, Jeff Koons, Giuseppe Penone …, the intent of wanting to make contemporary art dialogue with the artistic heritage of the city continues.
Pietà by Francesco Vezzoli
Foto by Ela Bialkowska OKNO studio
Vezzoli’s works were conceived as site-specific and the Brescian artist created them specifically for this exhibition. Piazza della Signoria will host the PIETÀ (2021), a monumental twentieth-century rampant lion installed on an ancient base, which crushes a Roman head from the second century AD between its jaws. The second sculpture, THE MUSE OF ARCHEOLOGY CRIES (20221), is instead located inside the Studiolo I de ‘Medici in Palazzo Vecchio. Specifically, it is the first time that this place, a precious treasure chest full of mysterious iconographic, esoteric and astrological suggestions, created between 1569 and 1573, houses a work of contemporary art.
The Muse of Archeology weeps by Francesco Vezzoli
Photo by Ela Bialkowska OKNO studio
The Muse of archeology weeps represents a Roman figure with a metaphysical head, a quote from Giorgio De Chirico’s The Archaeologists, perhaps the work that best represents the recovery of classicism in modern times.
The Muse of Archeology weeps by Francesco Vezzoli
Photo by Ela Bialkowska OKNO studio
Vezzoli reminds us that, as Benvenuto Cellini teaches us with his Ganymede, the assembly between ancient and modern has very ancient roots, and this time the sculptures transport us even more into a surreal world, characterized by archeology and fantasy, memory and invention, where classical culture is not untouchable but becomes material to be molded, broken down and reassembled, becoming more current and perhaps full of new meanings.
Francesco Vezzoli in Florence, sponsored by the Municipality of Florence and the organization Mus.e, curated by Cristina Perella and Sergio Risaliti, will be the premise of a solo exhibition that the Pecci center in Prato will dedicate to the artist in February 2022.
Good life to everyone!
Beatrice