Exhibitions, Syria, Damascus, 16 May 2010
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Urban Visions in Progress
Giusy Lauriola
Introduced by Carlo Ercoli
Arab Cultural Centre - Aburemmaneh – Damascus – Syria
16-22 May 2010
The Arab Syrian Ministry of Culture and the Italian Institute of Culture have organised an exhibition for the roman artist Giusy Lauriola, introduced by Carlo Ercoli, from 16 to 29 of May 2010, that will be held in the Arab Cultural Centre Aburemmaneh, in the Syrian capital.
As Nicola Tomasso Firmani, the responsible for the Department of Cultural at the Italian Embassy, underlines, Rome and Italy are considered as synonymies of art and history. Our two countries are unique in their beauty and culture but memories from our past show evidence of an important relationship between our countries. Damascus and Rome are two capital cities which form a bridge linking their ancient cultures. This exhibition provides an opportunity to think about art and culture in general and also highlights Italian culture and in particular Italian contemporary art, which can be admired side by side with the jewels of the past.
Lauriola will exhibit some works taken from her recent art studies. She is interested in the essential observing people passing by: men and women walking towards unknown destinations, they are painted from the feet to the waist. From a more technical point of view, she uses layers of resin to cover her paintings. This material gives an impression of distance between the artist and the painting. These shining colours are a metaphor of the colours of life, in this way, her work of art gives the observer a chance to look within himself. The artist uses mainly black and white, sometimes she might use some blue. Her paintings remind us of old black and white photos, this interpretation of reality suggests a poetic urban vision in progress.
Furthermore the curator Carlo Ercoli tells: “in the artist’s paintings there are human figures in urban landscapes. There are figures with no heads which appear stuck in their own dynamism where the beginning or the end of their journey has no importance. They are actors who act with our head in an urban period. We are those actors. A detail can become the key to understand this world. These little icons take the observer into the painting thanks to their involving beauty. Any detail can tell us something even if they seem to be without soul or importance”.
Inauguration 16 May h. 07.00 pm
Timetables: from Saturday to Thursday, from 09.00 am to 03.00 pm and from 06.00 pm to 09.00 pm
iI will follows, after the inauguration, a debate among the artist and the Damascus Academy of Fine Arts’ professors and students
Info: Carlo Ercoli: + 39 06 90210080 mobile + 39 333.6883927 carloercoli@gmail.com
Urban Visions in Progress
Giusy Lauriola
Introduced by Carlo Ercoli
Arab Cultural Centre - Aburemmaneh – Damascus – Syria
16-22 May 2010
The Arab Syrian Ministry of Culture and the Italian Institute of Culture have organised an exhibition for the roman artist Giusy Lauriola, introduced by Carlo Ercoli, from 16 to 29 of May 2010, that will be held in the Arab Cultural Centre Aburemmaneh, in the Syrian capital.
As Nicola Tomasso Firmani, the responsible for the Department of Cultural at the Italian Embassy, underlines, Rome and Italy are considered as synonymies of art and history. Our two countries are unique in their beauty and culture but memories from our past show evidence of an important relationship between our countries. Damascus and Rome are two capital cities which form a bridge linking their ancient cultures. This exhibition provides an opportunity to think about art and culture in general and also highlights Italian culture and in particular Italian contemporary art, which can be admired side by side with the jewels of the past.
Lauriola will exhibit some works taken from her recent art studies. She is interested in the essential observing people passing by: men and women walking towards unknown destinations, they are painted from the feet to the waist. From a more technical point of view, she uses layers of resin to cover her paintings. This material gives an impression of distance between the artist and the painting. These shining colours are a metaphor of the colours of life, in this way, her work of art gives the observer a chance to look within himself. The artist uses mainly black and white, sometimes she might use some blue. Her paintings remind us of old black and white photos, this interpretation of reality suggests a poetic urban vision in progress.
Furthermore the curator Carlo Ercoli tells: “in the artist’s paintings there are human figures in urban landscapes. There are figures with no heads which appear stuck in their own dynamism where the beginning or the end of their journey has no importance. They are actors who act with our head in an urban period. We are those actors. A detail can become the key to understand this world. These little icons take the observer into the painting thanks to their involving beauty. Any detail can tell us something even if they seem to be without soul or importance”.
Inauguration 16 May h. 07.00 pm
Timetables: from Saturday to Thursday, from 09.00 am to 03.00 pm and from 06.00 pm to 09.00 pm
iI will follows, after the inauguration, a debate among the artist and the Damascus Academy of Fine Arts’ professors and students
Info: Carlo Ercoli: + 39 06 90210080 mobile + 39 333.6883927 carloercoli@gmail.com
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