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2020 Art Quadriennale 30 October Palazzo quadriennalediroma.org FUORI 2020 delle Esposizioni 17 January via Nazionale 194 2021 Rome 2020 Art Quadriennale FUORI 2020 Art Quadriennale

FUORI curated by Sarah Cosulich and Stefano Collicelli Cagol

Rome, Palazzo delle Esposizioni

30 October 2020 2021 17 January 2020 30 October 17 January 2021 Rome via Nazionale 194 delle Esposizioni Palazzo PRESS RELEASE “With the Quadriennale, Rome and contemporary art are renewing a bond that enriches the Capital. For this Rome, 29 October 2020 – As of event not to have stopped, like many tomorrow, Friday 30 October 2020, other cultural events in the city, until 17 January 2021, the FUORI is very important. It is the sign of 2020 Art Quadriennale, curated by a new beginning in an unprecedented Sarah Cosulich and Stefano Collicelli historical moment. We would like to Cagol, organized by Fondazione thank those who work every day with La Quadriennale di Roma, chaired generosity and the artists, for their by Umberto Croppi, and Azienda concrete, essential contribution. Art Speciale Palaexpo, chaired by Cesare is a very powerful instrument at the Pietroiusti, will open to the public service of people, as it helps them at Palazzo delle Esposizioni in Rome. to take a look ‘outside’, which is what the title of this edition means, with The main institutional partner of confidence,” saysVirginia Raggi, the the exhibition is the Italian Ministry Mayor of Rome. of Cultural Heritage and Activities quadriennalediroma.org and Tourism, which, through the The Quadriennale is one of the Italian Directorate General for Contemporary Capital’s historic events, and has Creativity, has provided a significant been a point of reference for all Italian ad-hoc contribution, also promoting the art for almost a century now,” says special project AccadeMibact Award. Nicola Zingaretti, the President of the Lazio Region, who adds: “This According to Dario Franceschini, year, the Roman event has an extra the Italian Minister for Cultural Heritage meaning: it is an attempt to understand and Activities and Tourism: “The these uncertain and delicate times Quadriennale, which has returned to through the eyes of art, and perhaps, its mission as an institution called to through it, to try to cast our gaze investigate, research and showcase the beyond the dramatic event we are Italian creativity of the present, will experiencing. It is no coincidence that undoubtedly be a pillar of the national the title “FUORI” has been chosen for cultural reconstruction. The 17th edition this edition of the exhibition: it signifies is the result of a long and meditated hope; it is an exhortation to get back work, carried out over the last three in motion and explore new paths once years by the curators, made up of we have finally overcome the trauma a constant and deep relationship with of the pandemic. We need it, now more the artists and a continuous dialogue than ever”. with the precious archive of the historical institution”. 2 FUORI 2020 Art Quadriennale THE EXHIBITION readability, the curators asked artist/ The 2020 Art Quadriennale is architect Alessandro Bava for an designed to convey a new image of innovative set-up that would rethink Italian contemporary art on an Palazzo delle Esposizioni in relation international level, and the title, FUORI, to its history, also involving writer is emblematic of the type of look and storyteller Luca Scarlini in proposed by the curators. a storytelling project on the history The exhibition interweaves the history of the institution. of La Quadriennale di Roma and its mission of documenting Italian artistic research with the need to bring out THE NUMBERS 2021 17 January 2020 30 October alternative paths to those most 43 artists are featured in the represented, favoring a polyphonic exhibition, presented in the 4,000-odd vision. square meters of Palazzo delle Esposizioni, divided into 35 rooms;

FUORI is a transgenerational and 18 new productions have been Rome via Nazionale 194 delle Esposizioni Palazzo multidisciplinary exhibition. The richness realized, and more than 300 works of the lines of research followed by are on display through monographic many artistic figures of the last sixty rooms and new projects, which years has led the curators to pinpoint trace an alternative path in the reading three thematic areas on which to of Italian art from the 1960s to the build the exhibition: the Palace, as present day. a metaphor for the relationship between art and power; Desire, for the need The selected artists are: Alessandro to seduce that has always accompanied Agudio, Micol Assaël, Irma Blank, art; the Incommensurable, namely Monica Bonvicini, Benni Bosetto, what leads artists to fully embrace Sylvano Bussotti, Chiara Camoni, their obsessions, avoiding falling into Lisetta Carmi, Guglielmo Castelli, a repetitive style. Giuseppe Chiari, Isabella Costabile, Giulia Crispiani, Cuoghi Corsello, FUORI has thus focused on the DAAR - Sandi Hilal - Alessandro Petti, multidisciplinarity (fashion, theater, Tomaso De Luca, Caterina De Nicola, music, dance, film, architecture, design) Bruna Esposito, Simone Forti, Anna that characterizes the approach of Franceschini, Giuseppe Gabellone, quadriennalediroma.org many artists and has led them to be Francesco Gennari, Yervant Gianikian hardly present in the official narratives. and Angela Ricci Lucchi, Diego Glam, with its power of seduction Gualandris, Petrit Halilaj and Alvaro and re-enchantment, has become an Urbano, Norma Jeane, Luisa Lambri, element that spans several generations; Lorenza Longhi, Diego Marcon, erotic desire, explored in all its directions Raffaela Naldi Rossano, Valerio Nicolai, and forms, emerges as a powerful Alessandro Pessoli, Amedeo Polazzo, impulse to creativity; feminine, feminist Cloti Ricciardi, Michele Rizzo, Cinzia and queer imagery sets the course Ruggeri, Salvo, Lydia Silvestri, Romeo for a unique and unexpected journey Castellucci - Socìetas, Davide Stucchi, through sixty years of Italian art. TOMBOYS DON’T CRY, Maurizio Vetrugno, Nanda Vigo, Zapruder The FUORI exhibition is therefore Filmmakersgroup. a tribute to the richness and obsessions of artists, making La Quadriennale di Of these, 29 are participating in the Roma an institution for true research Art Quadriennale for the first time: and reflection on the artistic values that Micol Assaël, Monica Bonvicini, reinterpret the present day. Benni Bosetto, Sylvano Bussotti, Chiara Camoni, Lisetta Carmi, In order to set up an exhibition machine Guglielmo Castelli, Isabella Costabile, able to enhance the works of art as Giulia Crispianin, DAAR - Sandi Hilal - much as possible and promote their Alessandro Petti, Tomaso De Luca, 3 FUORI 2020 Art Quadriennale Caterina De Nicola, Simone Forti, proposed by 33 Fine Arts Academies Giuseppe Gabellone, Francesco from all over Italy. Gennari, Yervant Gianikian and Angela Ricci Lucchi, Diego Gualandris, Petrit The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Halilaj and Alvaro Urbano, Norma and International Cooperation, Jeane, Lorenza Longhi, Raffaela Naldi which has always been committed to Rossano, Valerio Nicolai, Amedeo the international promotion of an image Polazzo, Cloti Ricciardi, Michele Rizzo, of Italy capable of representing it Cinzia Ruggeri, Romeo Castellucci - as an innovative country, supports the Socìetas, TOMBOYS DON’T CRY, Quadriennale in the enhancement Zapruder Filmmakersgroup. of the heritage of Italian artists abroad 2021 17 January 2020 30 October through a new project for the promotion 25 artists live in Italy; 12 live abroad and audio-visual documentation (Alessandro Agudio, Monica Bonvicini, of the exhibition. DAAR - Sandi Hilal - Alessandro Petti,

Tomaso De Luca, Caterina De Nicola, On the occasion of the 2020 Art Rome via Nazionale 194 delle Esposizioni Palazzo Simone Forti, Giuseppe Gabellone, Quadriennale, the Bank of Italy will Petrit Halilaj and Alvaro Urbano, exceptionally open the hall that housed Lorenza Longhi, Alessandro Pessoli, the entrance to Bal Tic-Tac, the futurist Amedeo Polazzo, Michele Rizzo), venue decorated by Giacomo Balla there are 19 women, 17 men, 7 duos and inaugurated in Via Milano in 1921, or collectives; 14 are aged under right next to Palazzo delle Esposizioni. 35 (Diego Gualandris, 27; Caterina In the room, you will be able to see De Nicola, 29; Isabella Costabile, 29; Balla’s mural painting, discovered in Lorenza Longhi, 29; Raffaela Naldi 2017 and restored under the supervision Rossano, 30; Amedeo Polazzo, 32; of the Special Superintendence of Davide Stucchi, 32; Tomaso De Luca, Rome. Access will be allowed only upon 32; Valerio Nicolai, 32; Benni Bosetto, reservation (www.baltictacquadriennale. 33; Guglielmo Castelli, 33; Giulia it) to visitors to the Quadriennale Crispiani, 34; Petrit Halilaj, 34; Diego and, given the safety regulations and Marcon, 35). the reduced capacity of the venue, it will only be possible for small groups of people. In the future, Balla’s THREE SPECIAL PROJECTS: decorations for Bal Tic-Tac will be quadriennalediroma.org WITH MiBACT, MAECI AND THE fully enhanced and open to the public BANK OF ITALY in the permanent exhibition space On the occasion of the 2020 Art on currency and finance currently Quadriennale, in Palazzo delle being planned within the framework Esposizioni’s Spazio Fontana, on the of the Center for Monetary and ground floor, the exhibitionDomani Financial Education named after Carlo Qui Oggi (Tomorrow Here Today), Azeglio Ciampi. With this special curated by Ilaria Gianni, will be open initiative dedicated to Balla, who was to the public as the main collateral an important protagonist of many event. The exhibition is the final Quadrennials, the Bank of Italy is outcome of the AccadeMibact Award, confirming, from a social responsibility a survey of Italian artists under the perspective, its commitment to the age of 28 who study or have trained enhancement of its historical-artistic at an Academy of Fine Arts, promoted heritage. by MiBACT’s Directorate General for Contemporary Creativity. The exhibition Domani Qui Oggi, organized THE PUBLISHING OFFER in collaboration with Fondazione The exhibition will be accompanied by La Quadriennale di Roma, offers the a bilingual volume (in Italian and opportunity to get to know the creative English), published by Treccani, which work of the 10 winning talents of this is both the exhibition catalogue and an edition, selected among 89 candidates anthology of contemporary Italian art. 4 FUORI 2020 Art Quadriennale The publication is divided into three The exhibition was able to count on sections. ad-hoc contributions from the Italian The first is dedicated to the exhibition Ministry of Foreign Affairs and with essays by the curators, Sarah International Cooperation and Istituto Cosulich and Stefano Collicelli Cagol, per il Credito Sportivo. the assistant curators, Michele Terna is a sponsor of the exhibition. Bertolino and Matteo Binci, artist/ architect Alessandro Bava and writer and storyteller Luca Scarlini. The section is completed by information sheets on the artists and works 2021 17 January 2020 30 October on display. The second contains critical essays focusing on new research methods in the field of contemporary art and Italian culture. The authors are: Rome via Nazionale 194 delle Esposizioni Palazzo Giorgina Bertolino, Stefano Chiodi, Silvia Fanti and Daniele Gasparinetti, Camilla Hawthorne, Francesco Ventrella, Riccardo Venturi. The third is dedicated to the themes dealt with in the Q-Rated workshops promoted by La Quadriennale in the 2018-2019 two-year period, with texts commissioned to artists and young critics: Dafne Boggeri, Lucrezia Calabrò Visconti, Michele D’Aurizio, Vincenzo Estremo, Lorenzo Pezzani, Sofia Silva.

EXHIBITION PRODUCTION The budget of the 2020 Art Quadriennale is 1.8 million Euros, of which 55% is covered by funding from MiBACT’s quadriennalediroma.org Directorate General for Contemporary Creativity and 45% by the two promoting partners, sponsors and contributors. The 2020 Art Quadriennale confirms a public-private collaboration modality launched in the previous editions, creating alliances with partners starting from ad-hoc projects. In particular, Eni and Intesa Sanpaolo, main sponsor and main partner respectively, accompanied the two-year preparatory period of the exhibition and confirmed their support for the 2020 Art Quadriennale, renewing their commitment to the value of culture. Thanks to main partner GUCCI, the public will be able to visit the exhibition free of charge during the entire opening period. TIM provided important support to the communication campaign. 5 FUORI 2020 Art Quadriennale 2020 Art Quadriennale FUORI Rome, Palazzo delle Esposizioni 30 October 2020 - 17 January 2021

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