Classic reloaded. Mediterranea
curated by Bartolomeo Pietromarchi with Eleonora Farina
texts Christiane Audi, Eleonora Farina, Fatma Naït Yghil, Bartolomeo Pietromarchi, Naima Slimi
bilingual French and English edition
Silvana Publishing, 2019
160 pages
24×28 cm
The catalogue documents the touring exhibition promoted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and dedicated to a selection of works in MAXXI’s collection.
Held at the Villa Audi – Mosaic Museum in Beirut, the Bardo National Museum in Tunis and the Villa des Arts in Rabat, the exhibition presents the works of the 13 Italian artists selected for this project: Salvatore Arancio, Maurizio Cattelan, Enzo Cucchi, Gino De Dominicis, Bruna Esposito, Flavio Favelli, Mimmo Jodice, Sabrina Mezzaqui, Liliana Moro, Luigi Ontani, Pietro Ruffo, Remo Salvadori and Luca Trevisani. Installations, sculptures and photographic prints redesign the spaces of the three museums, defining new perspectives for the enjoyment of these works. At the core of the volume are the images, author shots taken by Agostino Osio that narrate the installations and the happy contaminations between the exhibition spaces and the works on display.
In addition to the curator’s essay and the introductory texts by museum directors, the volume includes short fact sheets with captions and descriptions of works by selected
