Luces
dal 8/4/2010 al 15/4/2010
Segnalato da
Nino Alfieri
Marco Brianza
Paolo Calafiore
Livia Cannella
Nicola Evangelisti
Richi Ferrero
Gianpietro Grossi
Francesco Murano
Johannes Pfeiffer
Marinellia Pirelli
Pietro Pirelli
Donatella Schiliro'
Gisella Gellini
8/4/2010
Luces
Archaologisches Museum Frankfurt, Frankfurt
The exhibition shows site-specific works, designed and made by Italian light artists. The aim is to highlight and introduce to an international public the expressive artistic contents of lighting, a sector that is already one of the most valuable assets of Italian design. Hence, the synergical relationship with Light+Building, both for the media resonance of the event and for its technological contents, often shared with Light Art.
Curated by Gisella Gellini
Artists: Nino Alfieri, Marco Brianza, Paolo Calafiore, Livia Cannella, Nicola Evangelisti, Richi Ferrero, Gianpietro Grossi, Francesco Murano, Johannes Pfeiffer, Marinellia Pirelli, Pietro Pirelli, Donatella Schiliro’.
“Luminale” is a light festival that takes place in Frankfurt, alongside Light+Building, the leading world trade fair for lighting, whose success lies in the combination of a trade event and a festival. Every two years, in April, in the German city, the technical and commercial lighting subjects meet and complement the artistic and cultural ones.
One of the main motivation of this innovative approach is due to the need to give a cultural connotation to the products of the European lighting industry, in order to make them stand out. I conceived the idea of an exhibition of Italian light artists within Luminale 2010 after a meeting with Helmut M. Bien, curator of the festival.
The exhibition shows site-specific works, designed and made for the event by a significant group of Italian light artists. The aim is to highlight and introduce to an international public the expressive artistic contents of lighting, a sector that is already one of the most valuable assets of Italian design. Hence, the synergical relationship with Light+Building, both for the media resonance of the event and for its technological contents, often shared with Light Art. The choice of a prestigious location such as the Archaeological Museum of Frankfurt is intended to create an ideal link between the past and the present of the European culture.
The curator
Gisella Gellini, Architect, she graduated at the Florence’s University. Then she went to Sao Paulo in Brasil, where he designed outstanding buildings, like the Fine Arts and Music Faculty of Saint Marceline and many historical settings in other brasilian cities, besides being a consultant for the Research Centre of the Sao Paulo State.
A researcher in the field of the culture of light, with particular reference to Light Art, she co-operates with Giuseppe Panza di Biumo, with whom she organised last year the Dan Flavin exhibition at the Berardo Museum of Lisboa. In 2009, during the Euroluce trade fair, she was the curator of the exhibition by Nicola Evangelisti who created the “Light Blade” sculpture for Milan’s Villa Reale. At present she co-operates and carries out an educational activity within the Light and Colour Laboratory of the Milan’s Polytechnic. She writes for technical magazines and has issued many books on that topics, such as “Light Art in Italy 2009” due to be released soon.
Press Office: AGON acustica informatica musica
v.le Sarca 336, Milano
tel. (+39) 02 64429289
agon@agonarsmagnetica.it
Image: Gianpietro Grossi, Francesco Murano, Marinellia Pirelli - Arpa di Luce
Opening 9 April 2010
Archäologisches Museum Frankfurt
Karmelitergasse 1, 60311 Frankfurt am Main