MASBEDO. For Beauty is just the beginning of terror
12 November — 12 December 2019
- Artists
- MASBEDO (Nicolò Massazza and Iacopo Bedogni)
- Curators
- Paola Ugolini
- A project by
- LOOP Barcelona
- Contributor
- In Between Art Film by Beatrice Bulgari
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This year, the Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya hosts three video works bythe artist duo Masbedo (Nicolò Massazza, Milan 1973, and Iacopo Bedogni,Sarzana 1970), in direct dialogue with its recently renovated sections of Renaissance and Baroque art. Madam Pinin (2017) proposes a reflection onthe concept of beauty, its transience and its conservation through the storyof conservator Pinin Brambilla Barcilon, who dedicated fifty thousand hoursof her life to the restoration of Leonardo’s Last Supper. Fragile (2016) alsofocuses on the concept of “care” and the fragility of art, showing the image of a sick peacock being carried by his master through the halls of the Savoy gallery in Turin. Lastly, Blind Mirrors (2019) stages the convergence-conflict oftwo seemingly distant cultures, the Western European and the Indian-Tamil, in the evocative 18th-century setting of the party hall of Palazzo Gangi inPalermo. Here, Italian filmmaker Luchino Visconti shot the famous dance scene in his masterpiece film The Leopard (1963).
MASBEDO (Nicolò Massazza and Iacopo Bedogni)
- Artist, Speaker
MASBEDO (Nicolò Massazza, 1973, Milan – Iacopo Bedogni, 1970, Sarzana) started their artistic career in 1999, focusing on the potential of video art and video installation. Developed around the theme of incommunicability in contemporary society, their research has produced both, intimate works and more socio-political and anthropological-cultural productions. Their aesthetic approach presents pictorial aspects and the realization of their videos pursues the goal of involving the viewer in the space created by the moving images through immersive installations. They have had solo shows in important museums, biennals (Manifesta 12, 54.Venice Biennale), and foundations both in Italy and abroad, as well as participating in various film festivals. Their works are included in relevant private and public collections: MART Rovereto; Fondazione Merz Turin; GAM – Galleria d’Arte Moderna in Turin; DA2 Salamanca; CAAM Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderna, Las Palmas; Tel Aviv Museum of Art.
Last update 2nd October 2018
Paola Ugolini
Paola Ugolini lives and works in Rome. She is an independent curator and critic and regularly writes for Exibart. She has curated a range of exhibitions and artistic projects largely focusing on Italian artists, film and the body in performance art. In 1990 she was part of the curatorial team of Ubi Motus Ubi Fluxus for the XLIV Venice Biennale; in 1993 she was the co-curator of Macchine per la Pace for the XLV Venice Biennale. In 2006, she was co-curator of Gino de Dominicis solo exhibition at PS1 and MoMA, New York. In 2017 she curated Corpo a Corpo for La Galleria Nazionale in Rome, an exhibition which focused on the use of the body in historical and contemporary artists. In addition, Paola is curator of Corto Arte Circuito’s artistic projects, Art Advisor for the production company InBetweenArtFilm and part of the Scientific Commitee of AlbumArte. Within her collaboration with InBetweenArtFilm, since last April she is also the curator of the video section for the Museo del Novecento in Florence.
Last update 2nd October 2018