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Eng CS SICILIA Una Boccata d’Arte 20 artisti 20 borghi 20 regioni Milano, 18 June 2021 RENATO LEOTTA IN CENTURIPE We're approaching the opening of the second edition of Una Boccata d’Arte, a contemporary art project spread all over Italy, in all of its regions that, from 26 June to 26 September 2021, promotes the meeting of contemporary art with the historical and artistic beauty of the the most evocative villages in Italy. Una Boccata d'Arte is a project by Fondazione Elpis, in collaboration with Galleria Continua, and the participation of Threes Productions, that gives full creative freedom to the artist and allows the use of any artistic media, exploring various themes that dialogue in a convincing way with the villages. The twenty villages, selected each year on the basis of: less than 5000 inhabitants; the presence of an active cultural scene; and a capacity for family- run artisanal, commercial and hospitality industries, welcome twenty site specific artworks created by emerging and established artists, all of whom have been invited by the Fondazione Elpis and Galleria Continua. SICILY Centuripe is the village that will host the exhibition EROS E PSYCHE by the artist Renato Leotta. The opening will be held on Saturday 26 June at 6pm in Carcaci, Centuripe, 94010 (EN). «The project proposes a union of images, between archeology and landscape, intended as a fusion between artefact and nature. Between matter and matter». Renato Leotta for Una Boccata d’Arte 2021. 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Una Boccata d’Arte 20 artisti 20 borghi 20 regioni RENATO LEOTTA IN CENTURIPE TEXT BY PIETRO SCAMMACCA EROS E PSYCHE is a project by Renato Leotta, curated by Claudio Gulli and Pietro Scammacca, conceived for the village of Centuripe and its landscape. A widespread exhibition composed of archaeological and archaic images, located in the rural and urban context of the Enna village. The title recalls a terracotta statuette of Eros and Psyche embracing (about 200 -100 BC), found in Centuripe and currently part of the British Museum collection. After a period of research on the centuripine manufacture and the complex history of the archaeological events linked to it, Leotta has orchestrated an en plen air museum itinerary composed of posters representing a selection of centuripine finds that are part of the British Museum collection, thus imagining a hypothetical temporary section of the Regional Archaeological Museum. The project is not moved by a simple territorial claim of these finds, but wants to question the ways in which archeology and cultural heritage become part of «identity» mechanisms. Throughout its history, archeology has often been exploited for reasons of cultural diplomacy and as a support to colonial narratives. In this case, Leotta's intervention instead proposes a possible form of union through the theme of beauty, an embrace that echoes the events of Amor and Psyche, between the characters of the human and the divine. THE ARTISTS The work of Renato Leotta (Turin, 1982) come from a careful and prolonged observation of a place or a landscape. In his search for the boundaries and limits of the two-dimensionality of the image, he often refers to literature in the choice of the titles of his works and in the texts that accompany his exhibitions. Among his most recent solo exhibitions are: ‘Sole’, Castello di Rivoli, in 2020 and in 2019, at the Magazzino Italian Art Foundation and Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò in New York. In 2019, he won the Italian Fellows American Academy Award in Rome. For more info: http://www.renatoleotta.it/. [email protected] [email protected] www.unaboccatadarte.it un progetto di in collaborazione con Fondazione Elpis Logo BLACK 00000 1 colore - Positivo [email protected] 15 02 2021 La stampa colori allegata è il riferimento cromatico finale da ottenere. Il file che alleghiamo è da rilavorare in termini di calibrazione colore, sovrastampa e abbondanza. RA consiglia sempre di poter visionare una prova stampa prima della produzione definitiva in modo da poter ovviare ad eventuali problemi che potrebbero verificarsi in fase di stampa. Per la corretta visualizzazione e stampa dei font che compongono i testi riprodotti in esecutivo, è necessario disporre del software relativo. 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To obtain the license to use the font software, it is recommended to contact an authorized dealer. Una Boccata d’Arte 20 artisti 20 borghi 20 regioni RENATO LEOTTA IN CENTURIPE THE VILLAGE Centuripe is a Sicilian village of 5,172 residents in the province of Enna, which is 63 km away. The origins of «Centuorbi» as it is known in Sicilian dialect, go back to prehistoric times. The Archaeological Museum presents the city’s history and topography, its inhabited sites and economic activities; it also preserves local terracotta works from the Hellenistic period, with masks and statues that showcase the high technical levels that were already being reached at that time. The territory still has many sulfur mines, which were actively used until the 1920s. The economy is mainly agricultural and livestock-oriented, and citrus fruits from the surrounding valley are abundant. FONDAZIONE ELPIS Established in 2020 by Marina Nissim, entrepreneur and contemporary art collector, has as its purpose the valorization and promotion of expressive forms of contemporary art and creativity, particularly with regard to education and social utility. Fondazione Elpis especially focuses on supporting young and emerging artists, from different countries and cultures, whose talent deserves a greater opportunity for visibility and support. The exhibition space, currently being renovated, will open to public in spring 2022, in the heart of Milano. GALLERIA CONTINUA Contemporary art gallery established in 1990 by Mario Cristiani, Lorenzo Fiaschi and Maurizio Rigillo, today to date it has seven locations around the world: in 1990 opens in San Gimignano, little Tuscan village; in 2004 in Beijing, in 798 district; in 2007 at Les Moulins, in the Parisian countryside; in 2015 in La Habana, Cuba; in 2020 in Rome, into The St. Regis Rome, and in São Paulo, Brazil. In January 2021 opens a new exhibition space in Paris, in Le Marais district. THREES PRODUCTIONS A curatorial team and creative agency based in Milano, concentrates its practice on projects that intersect sound, art and landscape. In the second edition of Una Boccata d’Arte 2021, Threes will curate the exhibitions by Camille Norment in Santa Gertrude, Francesco Cavaliere in Vallo di Nero and Polisonum in Gesualdo. [email protected] [email protected] www.unaboccatadarte.it un progetto di in collaborazione con Fondazione Elpis Logo BLACK 00000 1 colore - Positivo [email protected] 15 02 2021 La stampa colori allegata è il riferimento cromatico finale da ottenere. Il file che alleghiamo è da rilavorare in termini di calibrazione colore, sovrastampa e abbondanza. RA consiglia sempre di poter visionare una prova stampa prima della produzione definitiva in modo da poter ovviare ad eventuali problemi che potrebbero verificarsi in fase di stampa. 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