Tag: Fondazione Merz
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Push the Limits: Culture Strips to Reveal War
A diverse group of works in this exhibition at Fondazione Merz show how contemporary art responds to conflict
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Yto Barrada: Deadhead
In her films, sculptures, tapestries and prints Barrada plays with the materiality of colour
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Beatrice Merz – interview: ‘The purpose of the project is to contribute to the traditions of Sicily and southern Italy’
Led by Fondazione Merz, a new arts centre in Palermo hopes to engage local people with contemporary art, while retaining strong links to the capital’s history
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Katharina Grosse – interview: ‘My eyes are my most important tools’
Katharina Grosse talks about the importance of layering, colour and bodily intelligence in her painting practice, and her work on show at the Fondazione Merz in Turin, which is inspired by the medieval tale of Perceval and the Black Knight
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Emily Jacir – interview: ‘I wanted the locals to show me what was important for them, what they thought I should see, what they wanted to talk about’
The artist talks about her stone sculpture, Pietrapertosa, created as part of the Gardentopia project for Matera 2019, and currently on show at the Fondazione Merz in Turin
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Wael Shawky: ‘When you invert language, you make it even stronger’
With two exhibitions of his work opening in Italy this month, Wael Shawky talks about his film-making, connecting literature with myth and history, and why he uses marionettes and children as his protagonists
