Milan, September 14 (askanews) – In the courtyard of PCM Studio, fiber optic cable installation work has disrupted a pavement that had been marked many years earlier by the space's previous occupant, who, according to local tradition, traced those geometric patterns after seeing a Mondrian exhibition. Time hasn't erased them, but rather transformed them through use and foot traffic, in a continuous and vital relationship with the space, to the point of making them an essential part of its identity.
It's here that Marco Paleari intervenes with a work: "Here I held an exhibition that was initially intended to be about geography, about maps rather than geography. The core is the first two works that meet, the others as if they were inhabitants of this place. It's certainly a work that seeks to evoke a rearrangement of borders, a discussion of the fragmented nature of the world's spaces, but reassembled in a more supportive manner.
Drawing ultimately runs through all the works I have brought, even when it isn't actually visible, it is then subject to practice: my attitude is that of a draftsman, that is, that of the inside and outside of a line, a line that traces a demarcation, an inside and an outside, an empty and a full, and there the whole work is based."
The second work, created specifically for the exhibition, draws on a language already present in Paleari's practice: his trailers, videos conceived to accompany and preview projects. For the exhibition, he created one involving Giovanni Frangi as an actor, along with friends and accomplices. What began as a communication tool gradually loses its function and becomes a work of art: the trailer extends into a film, the story gains autonomy, and Basta Arti senza Gloria takes shape as a video work, eventually lending its title to the entire project. Paleari describes it this way: “Above, there's another beating heart, in my opinion, of the exhibition: video. It's as if it were the recitation of the poetic manifesto of the critical text that underpins the exhibition. I've always used video to promote exhibitions, but in this case, I decided to include it as a work of art, a work within the exhibition that serves as a sort of closure to the journey that unfolds within the office. The title of the exhibition doesn't necessarily refer to the works, but rather speaks of an attitude. Every gesture in art is political in a certain sense because it is an act of love if done sincerely, and politics is its most primitive form. Speaking about the world can only be political in a certain way, but I wanted it to be more poetic than political. The video speaks to this.” The exhibition is accompanied by a manifesto-text by Ferrante Ruspoli, which questions the possibility of a poetic and intimately engaged art, capable of deconstructing and reconstructing the world. "Basta Arti senza Gloria" (Enough of the Glorious Arts) is the exhibition project that PCM Studio presents in its studio spaces starting Saturday, September 12th. It is built around two works created specifically for the occasion and the artist's willingness to push the boundaries of his practice, along with a selection of paintings and drawings. The exhibition is open by reservation on Saturdays until October 3rd, specifying the day and time of your visit.
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