On this occasion the Diocesan Museum Foundation, in agreement with the Zaza family and with the patronage and support of the Diocese of Molfetta-Ruvo-Giovinazzo-Terlizzi and the Municipal Administration of the City of Molfetta, will dedicate an exhibition of unpublished sculptures on never-before-seen themes. first treated by the artist, created starting from the second half of 2010.
These are mainly 20 sculptural works in terracotta which constituted and constitute a path with a double interpretation: on the one hand the choice to focus on the tragedies of motherhood in the “forgotten planets” and, on the other, the immersion in a labyrinth that manifests – and at the same time hides – the transformation that occurred in the last fifteen years of the sculptor’s life.
Consisting of three sections, it will include the permanent exhibition of the Zaza rooms dedicated to Mara and Diana with works from the 80s and 90s; the “Fragments” and the “Finds”, series of colorful graphics that retrace the experience, sometimes painful, but full of hope and incomparable beauty; the “Silence”, or the 20 socially-oriented terracottas.
The exhibition, from 3 May to 8 September 2024, will take place in the new rooms of the Diocesan Museum of Molfetta, recently acquired by the diocesan museum structure and already the subject of valuable initiatives in recent months, and is promoted by the “Arte in Arte” association of which the FeArT cooperative society is the group leader and coordinator of the services, with the critical contribution of Professor Anna D’Elia, former teacher at the Academy of Fine Arts of Bari.
To embellish the exhibition of Zaza’s works, the artistic contributions of Roberto Lusito, a highly sensitive photographer from Molfetta, and Enzo Quarto, journalist and well-known face on regional television, author of poetic texts designed to guide the viewer to the enjoyment of the works.
