Paesaggio is one of the two exhibition cycles of the program Quotidiana at the Museo di Roma – Palazzo Braschi conceived and produced by La Quadriennale di Roma in collaboration with Roma Culture, Rome’s Superintendency for Cultural Heritage. Its aim is to explore a number of significant trends in 21st-century Italian art.
Every two months, six curators (three Italian and three foreign) reflect on artistic trajectories of particular interest through a critical text and an exhibition of a few essential works.
The seventh exhibition of Paesaggio, (23 September – 19 November 2023), is dedicated to Roberto Pugliese (Naples, 1982) and Quayola (Rome, 1982) and it is introduced by an essay by Valentino Catricalà, in which analyses an approach shared by several Italian artists who look at technology not as a tool strictly linked to technical progress, but rather as a device for establishing a deeper relationship with the elements of their own “primitive” being. In particular, the artists question their own relationship with nature and the need to reconnect with an original animality, at the same time as they research the possibilities that new technologies offer in this sense. The essay can be read by clicking here.
In Concerto per natura morta variante (2022), Roberto Pugliese riesce a far “suonare” dei tronchi di alberi morti attraverso un sistema di trasmissione sonora, invitandoci a ristabilire una connessione emotiva con un sistema naturale in crisi.
In Concerto per natura morta variante (2022), Roberto Pugliese manages to make dead tree trunks “play like instruments” through a sound transmission system, inviting us to establish an emotional connection with a natural system in crisis.
Quayola’s video, which is part of the Pointillisme: Provence series (2023), tells of technology’s failed attempt to fully capture the unpredictability of nature’s transformations. Indeed, high-resolution scans fail to record the details of trees moved by the wind, which instead end up looking more like pointillist paintings in the course of being made.
The exhibition venue is the Museo di Roma-Palazzo Braschi (Piazza di San Pantaleo, 10/Piazza Navona, 2). The admission is free without reservation. Opening hours: from Tuesday to Sunday 10.00 – 19.00
