Where the Years Do Not Turn the Pages

Solo show
Curated by Maddalena Pelù
Il Salviatino, Florence
June – October 2021
“The artist gives us access to a new space-time, free of the usual constraints of “present, past, future” and “here and there”, leading us to envision another possible interpretation, suspended and dreamlike: where the years do not turn the pages. The title lends the project its name, not only by referencing the artist’s daily ritual of turning pages to select the images that emerge, but also the re-interpreting of the Florentine imagery and political history. In his famous Stanze, Poliziano described the kingdom of Venus in gauzy verses that inspired Sandro Botticelli to famously depict the goddess. Audrey Guttman addresses the cracks in the traditional depiction of femininity and of the city as its avatar, bringing to life a new kingdom in which everything is free, subverted, exchanged, and rendered cheekily metaphorical.” - Excerpt from the text by Maddalena Pelù

Views

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