Emilio Vedova. Palazzo Reale, Milano
The Milan show “Emilio Vedova”, which runs from December 2019, has been shaped by the opportunity of using the spectacular Sala della Cariatidi in the Palazzo Reale as an exhibition space. The hall, originally constructed in the mid-18th century by Giuseppe Piermarini, has endured more than two hundred years of archi- tectural challenges, including its semi-destruction in a Second World War bombardment. Subsequently rather clumsily restored, it was used only sporadically for exhibitions, notably the celebrated display of Pablo Picasso’s Guernica in 1953. From 2000 onwards the hall has been the object of a more careful refurbishment aimed at recuperating and consolidating the original parts and providing adequate lighting. Nowadays, given the inadvisability of using the walls, the Sala delle Cariatidi has hosted temporary installations that respect the existing decoration, so that every exhibition offers a new reading of the space in the light of the work shown.
Thanks
Production Fondazione Emilio e Annabianca Vedova
Exhibition coordinators Elena Oyelami Bianchini, Maddalena Pugliese
Curator Germano Celant
Installation design Alvisi Kirimoto, Rome. Massimo Alvisi, Junko Kirimoto, Silvia Rinalduzzi
Research Maddalena Pugliese, Clelia Caldesi Valeri
Archivist Sonia Osetta
Digital archivist Bruno Zanon
Visual and Graphic Design Twin Studio, Milan. Elena PedrazziniArt Direction Daniele Desperati
Press office Studio Systema, Venezia - Adriana Vianello, Andrea de Marchi, Livia Sartori di Borgoricco
