Raffaella Cortese is pleased to announce the second solo exhibition of American artist  T.J. Wilcox.

Wilcox, well-known for his Super 8 films and collages, describes with harrowing poetry and sublime elegance episodes from the lives of famous historical characters (The Emperor Hadrian, or the Countess di Castiglione) and less famous ones (Ortino, Anastasia’s little dog).  For his solo exhibition, the artist will be presenting a series of works never shown before and conceived especially for the show.

L’eau de Vie, is the title of the video composed of three chapters in which water, the most important and familiar element, becomes the file rouge connecting different stories. The characters are fascinating and controversial figures like the provocative and seductive marchesa Casati and her night trips by gondola or the American millionaire Diamond Jim Brady famous for his extraordinary appetite and gluttony.

Wilcox also tells us about the ancient Japanese fishing method known as Ukai and about how a little girl discovered an endangered turtle, a diamondback terrapin, in her swimming pool.

A story created by different streams with separate sources which form the same abundant river.

A number of collages based on video images will be on show.