ART-PRESENTATION: MAXXI Art on Stage
ART-PRESENTATION:MAXXI Art on Stage
Art on Stage at Fundación PROA in Buenos Aires, is a project that, through renowned artists and artworks of this Century, seeks to promote a dialogue on Contemporary Art and the evolution of Art Institutions. The works assembled provoke in us a conceptual reflection on the value of images, as well as how they can intertwine and create for viewers a dynamic that is at once active and contemplative.
By Efi Michalarou
Photo: Fundación PROA Archive
Fundación PROA presents as part of Art on Stage, an exhibition of selected artworks from the international collection of MAXXI, the National Museum of 21st Century Art, as part of celebrations for the Year of Italy in Latin America. MAXXI was the first museum constructed and intended exclusively for the conservation and distribution of contemporary artistic practice. Designed by architect Zaha Hadid, MAXXI offers aesthetic, philosophical, and spatial complexity in order to reexamine the roles played by the Museum and the artist’s space in new and unprecedented ways. The curatorial design aims to encourage reflections on art and the space of the Museum, which is understood as a living stage for the featured works of art. The exhibition brings together the photographs, sketches, and architectural records of Aldo Rossi, the videos of Francesco Vezzoli, and the monumental works of Gilbert and George, among other distinguished works approaching art as both a performance and a stage for transcendental questions. The work of Ilya and Emilia Kabakov “Where Is Our Place?” with its distorted sense of scale, is one of the fundamental pieces for understanding space through such diverse and active points of view. Also are exhibited works by: Maurizio Cattelan, Gino De Dominicis, Grazia Toderi, Armin Linke, Matthew Barney, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Yan PeiMing, Mario Airo’, Massimiliano and Gianluca De Serio, Luigi Ontani, Francesco Venezia, Carlo Aymonino, Danilo Guerri and William Kentridge. A comprehensive archive (including drawings, videos, photographs, and plans) documenting architect Zaha Hadid’s theoretical foundations for the Museum’s construction enriches the exhibition. The Art on Stage project has been conceived as a performance space, almost theatrical. The works provide an insight into the Contemporary art scene from a political, ethical, social and existential point of view.
Info: Curator Anna Mattirolo, Fundación Proa, Av. Pedro de Mendoza 1929, La Boca, Buenos Aires, Duration: 19/3-5/6/16, Days & Hours: Tue-Sun 11:00-19:00, www.proa.org
