BARRAGE, A location for the contemporary
Exhibitions, Italy, Terni, 19 October 2012
The combination of Horse - Knight, the strong bond that unites them, sometimes to death, always feeds the imagination of the artist of all time and current. Today, this relationship alive its highest expression in the race in cross country competitions complete rectangles of dressage, in these contexts becomes art built on the understanding man and horse, made of subtle movements, changes of light balance of harmonies and dissonances.
E 'in this context that the Play Horse Farm and the gallery 3) 5Arte Contemporary thought "BARRAGE", exhibition of contemporary art that will accompany the second edition of Umbria Show, the national horse show 6 stars with the highest Included in the prize pool.
The site-specifics of P. Angelosanto, P.Altieri and M. De Giovanni inserted in spaces deputies in competitions are the first step in a Garden Art Simone Sed and Play House Farm enrich with the acquisition of new works every edition of Umbria Show.
"What remains after the race?" Paul answers this question with Angelosanto "Stands", a 'sculptural installation environment consists of 10 wooden totem, with variations of colors that the artist affix the names of the protagonists of horses and races unforgettable moments.
Pasquale Altieri builds a monument to the imagination. His unicorn (Petit Dieu), as in the novel "The Last Unicorn" by Peter S. Beagle, has the power to keep the forest in which they live in a perpetual spring. A creature that we believe out of the "Unicorn Cave" (Einhomhohle, Scharzfeld, Germany), ready to discourage any skepticism.
Massimo De Giovanni, with his sculpture, Cocoon, in concrete and iron a strong visual impact, told through the representation of a stinchiera, the element of nurturing, protection and trust that develops between rider and horse, the basic elements of the philosophy of Horse Play Farm.

To large-scale works of Vasco Ciaramelletti, Nicola Bragantini and Oscar Netto, united by the choice of abstract language, the task of interacting with the interior of the building.
Finally, the video installations Marcello Mantegazza, "Fragile Friend" and "The Garden of Earthly Delights", will close the path.

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