Marina Abramović Seven Deaths: The Mirror, 2020/21
Ph. Marco Anelli ©️ Marina Abramović
The Bergamo-born center for art and culture, at the initiative of Italmobiliare Group with Fondazione Pesenti, opens on Sept. 14 an exhibition dedicated to one of the most influential and iconic artists of our time, Marina Abramović, following up on the first public opening on the occasion of “BergamoBrescia Capitale Italiana della Cultura 2023”.
© Marina Abramović Courtesy of Marina Abramović Archives
“between breath and fire” recounts the greatness, loneliness, myth, and transience of the human being, presenting itself as an immersion among the works that chronicles the artist’s world through a series of parallels and references to some of the great themes she addressed.
The itinerary moves from the artist’s early works to her most recent work, Seven Deaths, from 2021, which Marina Abramovic dedicated to Maria Callas and in which the artist, through her body, interprets the untimely deaths of seven heroines of operatic music.
© Marina Abramović Courtesy of Marina Abramović Archives
The exhibition continues through 30 works, curated by Karol Winiarczyk, also involving in an osmotic relationship the garden with the soundscape Tree, first presented at the SKC Cultural Centre in Belgrade in 1972.
Seven Deaths Seven Deaths takes the form of an immersive cinematic experience based on seven untimely deaths that Marina Abramović presents on screen, as a soundtrack seven solos by Maria Callas. The installation manifests Abramović’s fascination with opera and Callas in particular, a passion that began during her adolescence in Belgrade. It is an immersive journey through the life of one of the most influential artists of our time, paired with the Divina’s most famous arias; a cathartic experience that prompts deeper personal reflection.
Karol Winiarczyk, curator
We are excited to inaugurate gres art 671, in its final form, with Marina Abramović, a world-renowned artist who has always placed the viewer at the center of her works and art. Our cultural hub was born precisely with the ambition to involve visitors as much as possible, making them interact with the space and the works, making them an active part of the journey. After the preview on the occasion of the Italian Capital of Culture 2023, hosting now “between breath and fire” means aspiring to have, in a single perspective, the vision of an extraordinary artist with the mission of a cultural place, a perfect combination that honors us and that will certainly be able to arouse great emotions.
Roberto Pesenti, President of gres art 671
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