PATRICK TUTTOFUOCO, ULTRAWORLD
@ DECLINAZIONI CONTEMPORANEE
OPENING NOVEMBER 2 | 4:30 - 22:00 PM
MAO, MUSEO D'ARTE ORIENTALE, TORINO
In conjunction with Artissima, MAO is opening the second edition of Contemporary Expressions on Saturday 2 November at 16.30. This programme of artist residencies and site-specific commissions uses contemporary art as a means for interpreting, re-reading and showcasing the museum’s collection, descending on the present to discover new meanings and connections between different periods and cultures.
The works by Marzia Migliora, Kengo Kuma, Lee Mingwei and Francesco Simeti presented in 2023 will be joined this year by installations by Qiu Zhijie and Charwei Tsai and Patrick Tuttofuoco’s Ultraworld, a light project made for MAO’s facade that will be part of Costellazione, a fringe section of Luci d’Artista.
The site-specific lighting installation by Patrick Tuttofuoco (Milan, Italy, 1974) represents the profiles of the iconic faces of the Indian goddess Kali and the Greek deity Dionysus. Positioned at the corner of the facade of the MAO in Turin, Kali faces east, while Dionysus faces west, creating a symbolic spatial union between apparently opposite polarities such as East/West, female/male, destruction/rebirth.
The work invites us to reflect on the overcoming of gender boundaries and the deconstruction of stereotypes, labels and categories, highlighting a fragmented and multiform vision of contemporary identity.
Designed to light up at night, the installation retains its appeal during the daytime as well, thanks to the high quality of the glass and its interaction with natural light. The collaboration with WonderGlass made this poetic realisation possible, in which aesthetics and technique merge in a perfect dialogue.
The work is produced by WonderGlass and is featured as part of Costellazione, a collateral section of Luci d’Artista.
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