From Thursday, December 3, 2020 through Sunday, January 10, 2021, EDDart, in collaboration with Beyond Lampedusa, presents the exhibition Orizzonti italiani in the gallery spaces at Palazzo Taverna, Rome. The exhibition opening will take place on December 3, 4, and 5, from 12:00 pm to 8:00 pm, and may be attended by reservation only by writing to info@eddart.net.
The exhibition unfolds as a journey centered on the theme of landscape, bringing together works by internationally renowned artists such as Franco Angeli, Giacomo Balla, Francesca Duscià, Luigi Ghirri, Mario Mafai, Corrado Sassi, Mario Schifano, and Paolo Ventura. From Giacomo Balla’s splendid Villa Borghese to Mario Mafai’s iconic Tetti di Roma, from Mario Schifano’s Paesaggi Anemici to Luigi Ghirri’s unmistakable photographs, Orizzonti italiani brings together different, ironic and melancholic gradations of the relationship with landscape.
“A genre deeply rooted in the history of art, landscape—especially the Italian landscape—has for centuries been a privileged subject for painters and photographers from all over the world, who came to engage with the beauty of these places and to make them a sounding board for aesthetic ideas or emotions. We found it particularly interesting to observe, alongside Italian masters, the gaze of young people who, despite countless difficulties, seek in our country a possibility for life,” says Elena del Drago. Enriching the exhibition are in fact photographs by Gabriele, Rebecca, Roberta, Valentina, Michele, Richmond, and many other children living in conditions of vulnerability who, thanks to the association Beyond Lampedusa and with the support of Interlude Project, were able to photograph the landscape of Palermo.
“How wonderful that Beyond Lampedusa and Palermo can slip in among the magical landscapes of these great Italian artists,” said Clementina Cordero di Montezemolo. “With the funds we raise, we are committed to offering continuous educational and training opportunities to children who arrive in Italy alone.” Equipped with disposable cameras and guided by Álvaro Beamud Cortés, a renowned contemporary fashion photographer, the children captured the colors of the market, the imagination of flowers, the simplicity of beach umbrellas—details of a serenity that is surprising even in the final result. The sale of the thirty-two photographs will entirely fund several initiatives by Beyond Lampedusa, which for four years has been working to support unaccompanied foreign minors arriving in Italy. The sale of the thirty-two photographs will entirely fund several initiatives by Beyond Lampedusa, which for four years has been working to support unaccompanied foreign minors who have arrived in Italy.