From the 18th of January to the 18th of April 2020 the Monte del Bologna and Ravenna Foundation presents 3 Body Configurations by Fabiola Naldi and Maura Pozzati.
Starting from the relationship of the body of the artist who acts in the public and private space, the exhibition offers the opportunity to see for the first time in Italy a careful selection of photographic works by Claude Cahun (thanks to the collaboration with the Jersey Heritage Collection), a much and significant selection of the photographic works of VALIE EXPORT (thanks to the collaboration with the Atelier VALIE EXPORT and the Museion of Bolzano) and a revival of a photographic project from the late nineties by Ottonella Mocellin (thanks to the collaboration with the gallery Lia Rumma).
The exhibition presents itself as the opportunity to deepen an area of the history of art of the 20th century widely characterized by the use of extra-artistic devices such as the body, photography and performance. 3 Body Configurations, in fact, takes its cue from the title of a VALIE EXPORT project developed from 1972 to 1982.
The three important presences underline the aesthetic and design reflection of a physical and mental occupation of one’s identity, of one’s own design practice as well as of the need to investigate the relationships between the artist’s body and the space in architecture, nature and illusion.
For Claude Cahun, VALIE EXPORT, Ottonella Mocellin photography declares itself to be an infinite, immobile and undisputed witness to a practice that took place even if only for a moment.
3 Body Configurations
Claude Cahun, VALIE EXPORT, Ottonella Mocellin
Curated by Fabiola Naldi and Maura Pozzati
Fondazione del Monte di Bologna e di Ravenna
via delle Donzelle, 2 Bologna
18 gennaio 2020 inaugurazione
20 gennaio – 18 aprile 2020
