Bestiario contemporaneo. Fra arte e scienze, artisti italiani dalla collezione ACACIA

Curated by Gemma De Angelis Testa e Giorgio Verzotti

  • Museo di Storia Naturale - Venezia
  • 31 May 2013 - 24 October 2013
  • Airò Mario, Barba Rosa, Beecroft Vanessa, Caravaggio Gianni, Cattelan Maurizio, Cuoghi Roberto, Favaretto Lara, Gennari Francesco, Mezzaqui Sabrina, Migliora Marzia, Paci Adrian, Pivi Paola, Trevisani Luca, Vascellari Nico, Vezzoli Francesco

Continuing to the 24th October at the Natural History Museum in Venice is the sensational exhibition “Contemporary bestiary. In between art and science, Italian artists from the ACACIA collection” by Gemma De Angelis Testa and Giorgio Verzotti, scientific management by Gabriella Belli.
The exhibition is included in the program MuveContemporaneo – which the FondazioneMuseiCivici of Venice has organized on the occasion of the Biennale Internazionale of Art 2013 – in cooperation with the ACACIA Association.
On show about thirty pieces from 15 Italian contemporay artists establish a dialogue between the permanent collection of natural science exhibits and the current works of art, realized through different means of expression: painting, sculpture, photography, videos and installations.
Walking through the rooms of the museum takes the audience towards a constant comparison between past and present, whose combination creates interest and astonishment.
The artists on show: Mario Airò, Rosa Barba, Vanessa Beecroft, Gianni Caravaggio, Maurizio Cattelan, Roberto Cuoghi, Lara Favaretto, Francesco Gennari, Sabrina Mezzaqui, Marzia Migliora, Adrian Paci, Paola Pivi, Luca Trevisani, Nico Vascellari e Francesco Vezzoli, they share a common love and curiosity for nature and herprocesses, in a tensionthatleads to reflection, provocation, irony.