Theatre of the Everyday Intro

Visitors are welcomed in a universal embrace by Jimmie Durham, whose Proposal for a New International Genuflexion in Promotion of World Peace is a gesture of peace and union that is increasingly powerful and necessary today. The gallery space is dedicated to a reflection on the Theatre of the Everyday, on the presentation and epresentation of the drama of life, whether real or imaginary. The exhibition narrative here showcases the theatrical aspect inherent in daily life.

In Grazia Toderi’s Random the atmosphere becomes alienating and contemplative in the reversal of roles between audience and stage.

While H.H. Lim’s chairs offer themselves up as a place for listening in order to enter into a relationship with oneself but above all with the surrounding environment (Quando Roma si fa sentire), Luigi Ontani’s narcissistic reflection is more introspective in his Davide e Prigioni. D’après Michelangelo, the absolute performer of his tableaux vivants. The body is still a performative and scenic instrument, capable of inestigating questions linked to gender identity, in the line-up of women choreographed by Vanessa Beecroft in VB74 and in the empty installation 3rd Act/Never Die for Love by Monica Bonvicini, which implies its presence.

Immersive here is the work of Rosa Barba, one of Opera Opera’s important commissions, whose efined feelings have enabled her to create a new work of art resulting from research into the musical treasure trove of the Archivio Storico Ricordi in Milan.

Acceptance of the instability of the human condition is staged in Diego Marcon’s little Ludwig and reflected in Enzo Cucchi’s Porta addormita toward the unknown, while the enigmatic staging of daily life is explored in Domenico Gnoli’s White bed painting and Carlo Benvenuto’s photography, extending to the geopolitical dimension of art, where the works of Chen Zhen, Kara Walker, and William Kentridge reflect the uncertain spirit of our time.