Venice – Island of San
Giorgio Maggiore: Fondazione Giorgio Cini – Imago Mundi – Luciano Benetton Collection –
Map of the New Art. Imago
Mundi brings to Venice a positive image of the world. In the current climate of
arrested utopias, attacks on cultural heritage, assaults on imagination and
knowledge, Luciano Benetton’s global art project presents the exhibition Map
of the New Art, until November 1, at the Fondazione Giorgio
Cini, offering an art without borders that breaks the silence, transcends
differences, pushes civilization towards new horizons. Representing the five
continents, the exhibition includes collections from more than 40 countries and
native peoples, for a total of 6,930 artists with 10x12 cm works. With a
quality and quantity of protagonists (renown and emerging), artworks, languages
and ideas that make it both original and unique.
Above. Luciano Benetton.
Photograph by Manfredi Bellati
Fondazione Giorgio Cini – Imago Mundi – Luciano Benetton Collection –
Map of the New Art. The architect Tobia Scarpa was responsible for
the special exhibition structure, designed as a welcoming space, which, in a
long sequence of images presented by country, emphasizes the richness of the
collections and, at the same time ensures visibility of the individual
paintings. Thanks to the exhibition stands that close like the pages of a book,
the structure is also easy to transport and install, supporting the itinerant
aims of the collections. The exhibition includes collections
from more than 40 nations and native peoples representing the five continents:
10×12 cm artworks by 6930 artists.
Collections in this Exhibition: Algeria, the Kalahari Bushmen, Nigeria,
South Africa, Tunisia, Uganda/Rwanda/Burundi (AFRICA); Brazil, the Caribbean,
Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Mexico, the United States and Indigenous Native Americans
(AMERICAS); Afghanistan, Iran, Israel, Jordan, North Korea, Philippines, Saudi
Arabia, Syria, Thailand, Tibet (ASIA); Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Denmark,
Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland (EUROPE);
the Aboriginal artists of Australia (OCEANIA).
Photograph by Manfredi Bellati
“This exhibition has a very special significance”,
says Luciano Benetton. “In a certain sense, the vast numbers of artists present
reproduce the world I would ideally like. A world without borders and without
political, ideological or religious barriers. Where people work for beauty. And
where diversity and freedom of expression are seen as a great wealth. I often
say that if it were up to artists, there would be no wars. This is why every
new artist, collection, people and nation of Imago Mundi adds a creative and
impassioned piece to that map of the new art which we hope will come to include
the lands of Utopia, of hope and of peace.”
Above. Luciano Benetton was interviewed in
front of the Map of the Colours of Culture by Roman artist Pietro Ruffo for
Imago Mundi – watercolor ink and paper cut puts laid on canvas.
Tibet – Made by Tibetans
Nyima Dhondup
Mind of Love
2013
Tibet
curator Paola Vanzo and artist Nyima Dhondup
Syria – Syria Off Frame
Ammar al Beik
Love Locks of Syria
2015
Syria
Video artist Zaher Omareen, curator Donatella Della
Ratta and Artist Ammar al Beik
Syria – Syria Off Frame
Zaher Omareen
Syria Pixels
2015
Syria Pixels
2015
Italy – Praestigium Italia I and II
Alvise Bittente
A La Carte, a Target Touch Screa…
2014
Sweden – Archive of Visions and Actions
Helena Hildur W.
Response to Invitation
2015
Jenny Bergstrom and artist Jan Ryden
Sweden – Archive of Visions and Actions
Jan Ryden
Garden for Hypotheses
2015
Photograph courtesy Imago Mundi Luciano Benetton
Collection
Sweden – Archive of Visions and Actions
Paula von Seth
Up They Soar, Swarms of Nebulae
2015
Photograph courtesy Imago Mundi Luciano Benetton
Collection
Sweden – Archive of Visions and Actions
Ingalena Klenell
The Kiss
2015
Fondazione Giorgio Cini – Imago Mundi – Luciano Benetton Collection –
Map of the New Art. Outside
the Foundation Giorgio Cini, visitors are greeted by an installation designed by Tobia
Scarpa formed of five flags (each displaying a work representing one of the
five continents) in a symbolic welcome to the global and creative territory of
Imago Mundi.
