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Palazzo Vecchio the exhibition ’Michelangelo and Power’: 50 works on display
The exhibition also offers a look at Michelangelo's lost works, such as the famous Faun and the Sleeping Cupid, told through two previously unpublished marble sculptures attributable to sixteenth-century artists and coming from private collections. Of great charm is the plaster cast gallery dedicated to the artist, which features casts of some of his most famous sculptures, such as the candlestick angel created during his stay in Bologna. Among the beautiful plaster models, the cast of Bacchus, of the Vatican Pietà and the bust depicting Michelangelo from the art studio of Massimo Galleni in Pietrasanta are also on display. Among the works on display, the visitor will also be able to admire the casts of the famous Slaves, the Bearded and the Dying, the Night of the Medici Chapels and the monumental head of the David of Piazza Signoria, which reflects the symbol of the defense of the Florentine Republic.
Repost from @nighgallery Iranian-born British artist Reza Aramesh repositions reportage images, usually from highly mediated events of war, subjugation, displacement, and duress. The artist transforms these source images into sculptural volumes based on European art history and its hegemony of beauty in the service of power. The results are unsettling, as desirable as they are objectionable. The artist balances the work precariously between empathy and cruelty. asking his viewers to consider not what beautv "is." but what beauty "does."
The work presented preludes Aramesh's forthcoming solo show "Number 207" curated by Serubiri Moses in collaboration with MUNTREF, Buenos Aires and Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami taking place on the occasion of the 60th Venice biennale at Chiesa San Fantin that opens on April 16th in Venice.
Reza Aramesh, "Site of the Fall - Study of the Renaissance Garden Action 217: At 11:30 am, Monday 16 July 2012," 2023, hand carved Nero Belgio and Rosa Portogallo polished marble, 39 ¾" X 15 ¼" X 10"
