Vanessa
Beecroft foto: Copyright Vanessa Beecroft performances about identity, multiplicity, the body and sexuality, glamour and the history of painting Well-known for her performances during which numerous models enact the ritual of being and appearing, Vanessa Beecroft (Genoa, 1969) is one of the most internationally recognized Italian artists. Developing her own expressive language, she directly addresses themes that are central to contemporary culture, such as identity, multiplicity, the body and sexuality, mixing glamour and the history of painting. Her events involve spectators in a direct confrontation, pushing to the limit the tension of a unique happening that is simultaneously real and abstract. Beecroft has presented her performances and her works in numerous international institutions, including Castello di Rivoli (1994), the capc Musée d’art contemporain, Bordeaux (1996), the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York (1998), the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (2000), the Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna (2001), and the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice (2001). The day before the G8 meeting in Genoa she presented the performance VB 48 at the Palazzo Ducale in that city. In 2002 she was invited to participate in the São Paulo Biennale. This exhibition, curated by Marcella Beccaria, is the artist’s first retrospective and offers an original interpretation of her artistic path from 1993 to 2003. On the second floor of the Castello it will be possible to retrace the fundamental stages of Beecroft’s development, through approximately 65 works, including color photographs, video-projections, and installations created specifically for the exhibition and inspired by the historical context of the Savoy residence. On the occasion of the opening of the exhibition, Beecroft is presenting VB 52, a new, large-scale performance organized by Castello di Rivoli. |