The Arts of Piranesi. CaixaForum Madrid
25/04/2012.
Caixa Forum [MAD] Spain 25/04 -09/09/2012. [VIDEO]
metalocus, JOSÉ JUAN BARBA
metalocus, JOSÉ JUAN BARBA
Those who have been my students or those who know my work about 70's twentieth century, not be surprised that I recommend this exhibition. In his working methods, Giambattista Piranesi (Venice, 1720 ? Rome, 1778) was a precursor of the role played by architects and designers today. Now, for the first time, an exhibition at CaixaForum Madrid highlights Piranesi’s modernity in an approach to his work never before taken: in The Arts of Piranesi. Architect, Engraver, Antiquarian, Vedutista and Designer, the Venetian engraver is presented as a “man of our time”, one engaged in renewing architecture, as the most advanced techniques are used to reveal the richness of his work, his eclecticism and his eccentric creative vein.
Piranesi (drawing by Giuseppe Cades). Portrait of Giambattista Piranesi. Frontispiece of the second posthumous edition of Le Antichità Romane (1784), volume I. Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice.
Gabriele Basilico. Remains of the temple of the god Canopus at Hadrian's Villa at Tivoli, 2010. Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice.
Remains of the temple of the god Canopus at Hadrian's Villa at Tivoli. Vedute di Roma. Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice.
Gabriele Basilico. View of the Capitoline hill and the church of Ara Coeli, 2010. Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice.
View of the Capitoline Hill in Rome with a staircase that goes to the church of Ara Coeli. Vedute di Roma. Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice.
View of the Pantheon. Il Campo Marzio dell'Antica Rome (1762). Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice.
The drawbridge (Jail). Carceri d'invenzione (around 1761). Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice.
Capricho grotesque: the tomb of Nero. Operate Varie (1750). Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice.
Facade of the church of Santa Maria del Priorat in Rome, 2010. Photo Alicia Guirao team Factum Arte.
Ancient mausoleum erected to the ashes of a Roman emperor. Prima Parte di Architetture, e Prospettive (1743). Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice.
Another cross section of the same place, used as coffee and called Caffè degli Inglesi. Diverse Maniere d’adornare i Cammini (1769). Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice.
Ancient bronze tripod that is conserved in Portici. Vasi, Candelabri, cippi, sarcofagi, Tripodi, volume I (1778). Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice.
Diverse Maniere d’adornare i Cammini (1769). Detail of coffee. Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice. Factum Arte. Silver coffee pot, 2010.
Ancient marble vase is in England at Mr. Dalton. Vasi, Candelabri, cippi, sarcofagi, Tripodi, Volume II (1778). Fondazione Cini Giorgione, Venice.
Vase with three heads of composite marble faucet, 2010. Factum Arte.
The show was conceived by Michele De Lucchi, produced by the Fondazione Giorgio Cini in association with Factum Arte and organised by ”la Caixa” Foundation. It features more than 250 original etchings and focuses on the multi-disciplinary approach, style and extraordinary modernity of the Venetian artist. This it does through a series of contemporary interventions inspired by Piranesi’s work: a 3D video projection of the Carceri d’invenzione and eight original objects conceived by Piranesi and illustrated in his etchings, but never before manufactured. Additionally, The Arts of Piranesi features Gabriele Basilico’s views of Roma and Paestum, in which the photographer pays personal tribute to the great master.
The Arts of Piranesi. Architect, Engraver, Antiquarian, Vedutista and Designer.
Dates.- 25 April - 9 September 2012.
Place.- CaixaForum Madrid (Paseo del Prado, 36).
Concept.- Michele De Lucchi.
Produced by.- Fondazione Giorgio Cini and Factum Arte.
Organised by.- ”la Caixa” Foundation.
Curators.- Giuseppe Pavanello, director of the Istituto di Storia dell’Arte de la Fondazione Giorgio Cini; Michele De Lucchi, director of the aMDL architecture studio (Milan); and Adam Lowe, director of Factum Arte.
