Torn Curtain
Studio la Città, Verona, Italy
TORN CURTAIN buongiorno, buonasera is an exhibition which has stumbled out from a ‘elective habit’ long shared between Hélène de Franchis and Luca Massimo Barbero and their two distinct paths. Here, the lady, a gallery owner for over 53 years, and the young man who went on to become a curator and art history professor have chosen the title of an Alfred Hitchcock film, as Barbero is wont to do in some of his projects. Like a narration of lives that run parallel, the exhibition – rather mysterious and unusual – presents a figurative dialogue between Luca Massimo Barbero and Hélène de Franchis; more than 60 works are on display, chosen according to each curator’s taste, with as many artists from various periods of art history, including painting, sculpture, installations and ceramics.
Tearing aside the curtain at the entrance, we enter into a Hitchcockian scene, where the clues are all in the details of the works: a bronze bestiary and Lucio Fontana, a diabolical and symbolist painter like Mario De Maria with Alberto Martini, Giorgio de Chirico and Richard Avedon – together with several contemporary artists spanning various generations. All works which, under the scrutiny of the public, will disclose unforeseen and unconventional affinities.
To insist that a storyteller stick to the facts is just as ridiculous as to demand of a representative painter that he show objects accurately.”
Alfred Hitchcock
THE ARTISTS. Richard Avedon, Runo B, Alvise Bittente, Federico Borroni, Davide Bramante, Edward Burne-Jones, Carlo Carrà, Francesco Clemente, Cuoghi Corsello, Dadamaino, Giorgio de Chirico, Riccardo De Marchi, Mario De Maria, Filippo de Pisis, Arthur Duff, Bruno Fantelli, Matteo Fato, Robert Feintuch, Aldo Fallai, Lucio Fontana, Andrea Fontanari, Anna Galtarossa, Alberto Garutti, Aldo Grazzi, Janusz Haka, Jacob Hashimoto, Herbert Hamak, Bo Ljungblom, Emil Lukas, Markus Lüpertz, Luca Marignoni, Alberto Martini, Aran Ndimurwanko, Luigi Ontani, Chris Orr, Lucio Pozzi, Man Ray, Filippo Rizzonelli, Arcangelo Sassolino, David Simpson, Mario Sironi, Richard Smith, Diego Soldà, Arturo Tosi, Hema Upadhyay, Giorgio Vigna, Wilhelm von Gloeden, Bruce Weber.
WHEN:
February 10 - June 1, 2024
WHERE:
Studio la Città, Lungadige Galtarossa, 21 – 37133 Verona
Tel. +39.045597549
CONTACT INFO:
mostre@studiolacitta.it
Curated by: Luca Massimo Barbero and Hélène de Franchis
Press release: download here
