Inside the Banco Bpm bank in Palazzo Panichi in Piazza del Duomo in Pietrasanta, the appointments with contemporary art curated by Enrico Mattei continue. The “Vetrina” is an exhibition space for curatorial projects and research on the world of international and Italian contemporary art. After several summer seasons with historicized masters of the caliber of Christo, Scheggi, Fontana, Boetti, Colombo, Dadamaino, Vasarely, Dorazio, Veronesi, Botero, Marcarelli and contemporary artists such as Maurizio Cattelan, Richard Phillips, Jordan Sullivan and many others, the research starts again on contemporary artists and from this December the 5th 2023 features the Colombian artist YARURO until February the 4th 2024 with a large- format pictorial cycle entitled "Classicism Today".Three large canvases will be presented during the two exhibition months, one work every 20 days to convey an idea of the exhibition and a small overview of the artist's interpretation of the classic.
Yaruro's project within the Vetrina is an exhibition cycle that intends to show the relationship between classicism and the contemporary in art. The artist presents himself to the viewer with his reinterpretation, quotation, rereading of works belonging to classical Greek-Roman antiquity, the Renaissance or the modern era through personal interpretations that demonstrate once again how the past is more current than ever, and how there is a persistent line of conjunction that links it to the present without interruption.An exhibition that intends to move a reflection on the question, certainly not new - but to be addressed with renewed interest - whether a contemporary artist can draw inspiration from the ancient and, in this way, renew the dialogue with it and share it with the public.
Special thanks to the main sponsor Antica Tostatura Triestina and to the Oblong Contemporary Art Gallery which represents the artist.