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1/4/2006

Graham Fagen e Flavio Favelli

Nuova Icona, Venezia

La mia casa dov'e'? Benim evim neresi? Where is my home?

curated by Vittorio Urbani

The exhibition entitled "la mia casa dov'e'? where is my home? benim evim neresi?" consists of works by the artists Flavio Favelli (Italy) and Graham Fagen (Scotland). The exhibition - already presented in London and Istanbul - is "re-arranged" by the artists in Venice at the Gallery of Nuova Icona. 'Where is my home?' explores issues of "home" or specifically of leaving one's home: moving, being forced to leave, to sell-up, or emigrate. The loss of a house/home, carries with it the risk of loss of identity. A personal environment is our compass in space and time. The eventual return brings new risks: feelings of disappointment and loss of familiarity. From this world-old - and very contemporary - story of endless migrations, losses, and eventual returns the show attempts a visual metaphor. A translation from words to images, in the awareness that all translations are 'betrayals' - and the metaphorical translation of words in a visual form is the least faithful form of translation. Nevertheless translation from images to words and vice-versa is a perpetual need and temptation for humans. The two artists will try again this fascinating enterprise, for the visitors of Nuova Icona Gallery. A catalogue with texts in English and Italian accompanies the exhibition.

Graham Fagen (Glasgow, 1966) is an artist who explores with humour the context of contemporary visual culture, through the use of different media. For this exhibition Fagen explores the contradictory legacy of the last Stuarts, the catholic royal family of Scotland. The artist work from within his own national tradition and historical problems, and carves an unlikely new identity for the Scottish national hero, the last Stuart 'Bonnie prince Charlie'. Historical portraits of the prince, painted at various ages, are "re-cast" in photographs of friends taken in similar attitudes by the artist. A series of new works on the theme of the White Rose, symbol of the Jacobean faction, will also be on show. Fagen has been part of the team of artists representing Scotland in the 50' Venice Biennale. Among his forthcoming engagements are: "Another Flower Show" Victoria & Albert Museum, London, May 2004; "Art of the Garden", Tate Britain, London June, 2004; Christchurch Biennial, New Zealand, September 2004; Busan Biennial, South Korea, September 2004. Flavio Favelli (Firenze, 1967) works in spaces which have lost their identity and function, like dilapidated factories, abandoned buildings and the like. From found objects and waste, he is able to create poetic but powerful installations of things that seems to have a functional attitude although mysteriously maintaining an esthetic nature. For the show in Venice Favelli will create a new sample of his enigmatic furniture-sculptures: a big chandelier. His sculptural installations keep in themselves, like an inner secret treasure, the non-written story of the functional objects which they are made of. Favelli has shown at the 50' Venice Biennale and has been recently awarded the Premio Murri. Among his forthcoming engagements are: a site specific project for ANAS, Venice; "Four Rooms", group show in Caraglio (CN, Italy), April 2004; solo show at the Museo dell'Arredo Contemporaneo, Russi (RA, Italy), May 2004; solo show at the Italian Cultural Institute, Los Angeles, September 2004.

This exhibition, originally commissioned and hosted by the Italian Cultural Institute of London, is designed by Nuova Icona's curator Vittorio Urbani in the frame of the project by//pass, a plan of cultural exchanges between Italy - particularly Venice - and the Middle East. (to know more on by//pass look at www.nuovaicona.org). The exhibition, conceived as "migrant", has been hosted after London in Istanbul at Macka Sanat Galerisi and now in Venice at Nuova Icona's own gallery.

Opening: April 2, 2004 6,30 p.m.

Nuova Icona
Giudecca 454 - Venezia

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