National Biennial of Contemporary Art: around the state of the art. Premio Marche, monographic exhibition in Gradara from 20 April

National Biennial of Contemporary Art: around the state of the art. Premio Marche, monographic exhibition in Gradara from 20 April.

Saturday 20 April, at the MARV in Gradara, at 11 am, the curators Andrea Carnevali and Cecilia Casadei, with the artists present Bruno Cerboni Bajardi, Walter Angelici, Alessandro Giampaoli And Renato Bertiniwill meet the public for a visit to the current exhibition “and reflect on the message of art between literature and tradition, abstraction and figuration in the language of the Marche artists.

In giving continuity to the Exhibition (which plans to arrive every two years in each different city in the Marche), the project of this National Edition was carried out in a prestigious venue of Italian culture. The exhibition will address two analytical lines of works, dealing with a critical rereading updated to the following decade in the consideration of some stylistic and thematic lines that also consider (with a selection of the artists present), developed according to the following scheme identified by the curators: From tradition to new languages ​​and from words to images (Andrea Carnevali) e Languages ​​and poetics from the evocation of Nature and new perspectives (Cecilia Casadei).

Through a thoughtful selection of artists and with disciplined scientific criteria, the project becomes a contribution to contemporary artistic historiography given by the Marche, a region characterized by important artistic flows and prominent personalities, a fertile place of artistic production that deserves a more in-depth examination of some aspects of the aesthetic and cultural values ​​produced today.

Below are the lists of invited artists: (curated by Andrea Carnevali) Walter Angelici, Ezio Bartocci, Alfredo Bartomeoli, Antonio Battistini, Sirio Bellucci, Claudio Boccolacci, Simona Bramati, Patrizia Calovini, Elia Cantori, Fabrizio Carotti, Leonardo Cemak, Bruno Cerboni Bajardi, Giorgio Cutini, Bruno D’Arcevia, Francesca Gentili, Paolo Gubinelli, Rossano Guerra, Bruno Mangiaterra, Giorgio Mercuri, Riccardo Piccardoni, Nino Ricci, Stefano Solimani, Rita Vitali Rosati, Abel Zeltman; (edited by Cecilia Casadei) Federica Amichetti, Ubaldo Bartolini, Renato Bertini, Mauro Brattini, Adriano Calavalle, Carlo Cecchi, Lorenzo Cicconi Massi, Giulia Corradetti, Silvio Craia, Umberto Franci, Alessandro Giampaoli, Tonino Guerra, Eriberto Guidi, Carlo Iacomucci, Mario Logli , Giorgio Matteini, Sandro Pazzi, Oscar Piattella, Mario Sasso, Athos Sanchini, Stefano Tonti, Sandro Trotti, Valeriano Trubbiani, Walter Valentini.

EXHIBITION INFO – “Around the state of the art in the Marche” – monographic exhibition

29.02.2024 – 09.06.2024

MARV – Rubini Vesin Art Museum, Gradara (PU) – Inauguration on Friday 1 March 2024 at 5.30 pm – Free entry – Opening hours: Saturday – Sunday 10am-1pm and 2.30pm-5.30pm

Tel. 0541.964673 – Email: [email protected]

Catalog published by Silvana Editoriale

Logistics and organizational secretariat: AMIA – Marche Association of Artistic Initiatives – Management Tel. 338.7755798 – Secretariat Tel. 349.5024162 – E-mail: [email protected] | Website: www.premiomarche.it

Show promoted by AMIA – Marche Association of Artistic Initiatives; Marche Region – Department of Culture; in collaboration with Municipality of Urbino – Department of Culture; Municipality of Gradara – Department of Culture

Scientific Committee and curators: Stefano Brachetti, Bruno Ceci, Gualtiero De Santi, Fabio Mariano+, Stefano Papetti, Stefano Tonti, Arianna Trifogli

Curators: Andrea Carnevali, Cecilia Casadei Camillo Langone

Executive committee: Giuseppe Balduini (Director of Galleria Civica Albani, Urbino), Luca Baroni (Director of MARV, Gradara), Anna Biagetti, Federica Lazzarini (Amia), Giuliano Nardelli.

Institutional bodies: Patronages and partners: Municipality of Urbino, Municipality of Gradara, National Gallery of the Marche, MARV Gradara, “Carlo Bo” University of Urbino, Urbino Academy of Fine Arts, Urbino Book School

Memberships: Chamber of Commerce of the Marche, Cassa di Risparmio di Pesaro Foundation, Raffaello Urbino Academy, Lions Club Urbino, Living with Art Urbino, Gradara Innova, Northern Marche Museum Network, Gradara Capital of the Middle Ages, Rocca di Gradara, Pesaro 2024 Italian Capital of Culture