Galleria Raffaella Cortese is proud to open the new season with a solo show by Francesco Arena. For his first exhibition at the gallery, the Italian artist will realize three new projects conceived and designed for the three exhibition spaces, whose street number gives the exhibition its title: sette, uno, quattro (seven, one, four).
In the space at n. 1 Arena shows three sculptures in polished bronze, self-portraits in which the artist emphasizes the length of his beard after 57, 110 and 210 days of growth. The passing of time is a recurring element in Arena’s practice and it refers often to the imaginary of the artist or to historical events that have marked our recent past. In this case, 57 are the days between the massacres of Capaci and Via D’Amelio; 110 days is the duration of the last stay of Nietzsche in Turin; 210 are the days corresponding to the duration of the First Gulf War.
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