Galleria Michela Rizzo is pleased to announce the exhibition Altrove/Elsewhere which will open on 07 October 2023. The group exhibition, curated by Bartomeu Marí, will present the works of Antoni Muntadas and Francesco Jodice.
From their singular perspectives and bodies of work, both artists have critically analysed and represented phenomena produced by different forms of globalisation in cultures, landscapes, cities and societies. Their work has an undeniable realist component and considers the practice of art as a form of knowledge, critical experience and commitment. The aesthetic perspectives and methodologies they have developed are strongly rooted in the evolution of technologies and mass media. They focus on their effects in the processes of construction and development of new local and collective identities as well as in the transformations of public spaces with the languages and behaviours that grew in them. Acting like critical ethnographers, their multidisciplinary practices include procedures echoing anthropology, economics, sociology or alternative and collaborative epistemologies.
This is not a retrospective exhibition. Instead, it treats works and motivations by both artists as threads that unfold in the rooms of the gallery. It doesn't seek to compare strategies or personal positions but rather suggests contrasts through conceptual and perceptual consonances. The artists share and dissent, inspire and produce counter-images and “other” narratives.
Unintentional approximations also occur at distance, for example through iconographic contrasts and scale jumps. Works of diverse nature, different materials and formats are brought together, offering unexpected prospects between the two artists. The work of one artist enhances the perception of the other, and vice versa.
The exhibition shows some of the main themes of constant interest for both Francesco Jodice and Antoni Muntadas. Urban and metropolitan phenomena appear as a 'text' in which the exercises of the economy, the media or political powers can be read. Their works reveal how global phenomena influence local landscapes, individuals and communities. The past and the present collide in the public sphere, often linked by a combination of vernacular and planetary
realities. In addition, rarely exhibited works are included, reflecting the processes of construction or erosion of political identities, commercial and national developments, dystopian expressions, digital technologies that enable us to navigate geographies, and finally outline a history 'constructed' by the media.
Critical text by Bartomeu Marí.
A special thanks to the lenders:
- ICCD_Istituto Centrale per il Catalogo e la
Documentazione
- Galería Moisés Pérez de Albéniz
