IL SALOTTO BUONO CATTIVO
16 April - 10 May 2024
IL SALOTTO BUONO CATTIVO
16 April - 10 May 2024
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On Tuesday 16 April, on the occasion of the Milan Design Week – Fuorisalone 2024, Galleria Fumagalli presents Il Salotto Buono Cattivo, the second exhibition of LOFT – Light On Future Topics, the gallery program aimed at exploring the hyper-contemporary universe in all its creative aspects, including design.
Salotto – 1. Living room, in private apartments, hotels, clubs, professional studios, offices.
2. extens. Social, cultural, artistic meeting, which takes place periodically in a specific location, often in private homes; also the people who usually participate in it: “un buon salotto”, well attended; be part of a salotto: being part of a group of intellectuals and politicians.
Treccani dictionary
Il Salotto Cattivo is a free, informal place open to everybody. It is a space where people meet, converse and exchange ideas. Here, unlike what happens in the traditional living room – formal and exclusive where interactions with the environment and objects are discouraged or minimized – everyone is invited to interact with the space and, therefore, with the artworks, experiencing them and giving new meaning. The rigid and sophisticated encounter becomes spontaneous and relaxed, to celebrate the very concept of the living room: the most social room in the house. It is no coincidence that the space of Galleria Fumagalli, among its many lives, has also been a loft, as displayed by the signs on the wooden floor.
In contrast to what happens in other exhibition spaces, designed for contemplation and not for experience, the works of the 7 artists involved can be touched, moved, enjoyed.
The artists Pablo Bolumar Plata (Valencia, Spain, 1996), Clara Cebrián (Madrid, Spain, 1991), Nikolas Iturralde (Quito, Ecuador, 1995), Chiara Lecca (Modigliana, Italy, 1977), Luigi Pensa (Turin, Italy, 2001), Stella Stone (Milan, Italy, 1997), Olimpia Zagnoli (Montecchio Emilia, Italy, 1984) have been invited by the gallery to create site-specific works, starting from a reflection on furnishings and objects that traditionally characterize a living room.
The group project aims to create a meeting space primarily for the artists but also for the public, invited to enjoy and inhabit Il Salotto Buono Cattivo, a metaphor for a space of active experimentation and action rather than polite conversations.
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On Tuesday 16 April, on the occasion of the Milan Design Week – Fuorisalone 2024, Galleria Fumagalli presents Il Salotto Buono Cattivo, the second exhibition of LOFT – Light On Future Topics, the gallery program aimed at exploring the hyper-contemporary universe in all its creative aspects, including design.
Salotto – 1. Living room, in private apartments, hotels, clubs, professional studios, offices.
2. extens. Social, cultural, artistic meeting, which takes place periodically in a specific location, often in private homes; also the people who usually participate in it: “un buon salotto”, well attended; be part of a salotto: being part of a group of intellectuals and politicians.
Treccani dictionary
Il Salotto Cattivo is a free, informal place open to everybody. It is a space where people meet, converse and exchange ideas. Here, unlike what happens in the traditional living room – formal and exclusive where interactions with the environment and objects are discouraged or minimized – everyone is invited to interact with the space and, therefore, with the artworks, experiencing them and giving new meaning. The rigid and sophisticated encounter becomes spontaneous and relaxed, to celebrate the very concept of the living room: the most social room in the house. It is no coincidence that the space of Galleria Fumagalli, among its many lives, has also been a loft, as displayed by the signs on the wooden floor.
In contrast to what happens in other exhibition spaces, designed for contemplation and not for experience, the works of the 7 artists involved can be touched, moved, enjoyed.
The artists Pablo Bolumar Plata (Valencia, Spain, 1996), Clara Cebrián (Madrid, Spain, 1991), Nikolas Iturralde (Quito, Ecuador, 1995), Chiara Lecca (Modigliana, Italy, 1977), Luigi Pensa (Turin, Italy, 2001), Stella Stone (Milan, Italy, 1997), Olimpia Zagnoli (Montecchio Emilia, Italy, 1984) have been invited by the gallery to create site-specific works, starting from a reflection on furnishings and objects that traditionally characterize a living room.
The group project aims to create a meeting space primarily for the artists but also for the public, invited to enjoy and inhabit Il Salotto Buono Cattivo, a metaphor for a space of active experimentation and action rather than polite conversations.
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