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16/06/2024
We barely remember what came before this precious moment
Choosing to be here right now
Hold on, stay inside
This body holding me
Reminding me that I am not alone in
This body makes me feel eternal
All this pain is an illusion
"Nell’opera di Maree Azzopardi non esiste natura morta. Piuttosto la capacità di intercettare il volo in movimento degli uccelli e trattenerlo nelle forme vive di un’arte che sottrae al tempo ogni effimera soluzione”
Achille Bonito Oliva
24/12/2023
Happy Christmas 🔥❤️🌲
06/11/2023
Gianluca Cosci
Gianluca Cosci investigates the different interpretations of iconoclasm concerning the concept of visual obliteration using existing artworks as palimpsests and creating new pieces through painting and photography. In his research the artist aims to convey the concept of 'hidden' by partially veiling images and denying visions.
Gianluca Cosci: "I am interested in Iconoclasm as a way to explore, question and analyse the power of images. I see the diminishment of visual perception as a stimulus for imagination and contemplation: the fascination of images can be amplified when they are hidden or denied."
Gianluca Cosci (1970, Italy) completed a BA in painting at the Accademia di Belle Arti, Bologna. Between 1999 and 2011 he lived and worked in London where he obtained Master degrees in fine art at Chelsea College of Art and in art and design at the Institute of Education, University of London. In 2011 he moved to Brussels where he currently lives and works.
Opening 12/11/2023 from 2-6 pm
with performance by Sara Koller
Exhibition runs until 16/12/2023
Friday & Saturday from 11am - 6pm and by appointment
More info via link in bio.
image: Gianluca Cosci, Untitled, 2021, Oil paint on found painting, 60 x 50 cm
artists: .cosci.studio & .forthomme
curator:
21/09/2023
R.I.P. Erwin.
He had been given a lung transplant and was unresponsive after receiving CPR.
13/08/2023
12 years ago. I was so close to the end. The Phoenix from the flame save me. It was The Rebirth.
Still here. Don’t know if will burn again. 💔🖤🌑😻 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Brano di Sinéad O'Connor
22/07/2023
portrait by
10/07/2023
Il Danno. Lettera Aperta
06/07/2022
Buonanotte
06/07/2022
Patrizio Travagli
27/06/2022
Great success of Il Ponte Contemporanea Opening Show last 23rd June 2022. Special Guest Achille Bonito Oliva. Opening exhibition by Franco Silvestro with his MANI SULLA CITTÁ (Hands on the city).
For more pics on the opening please visit: https://ilpontecontemporanea.com/portfolio-item/silvestro-opening-exhibit/
27/06/2022
20/06/2022
Il Ponte Contemporanea Art Gallery is pleased to invite you to the opening show of a new space in Rome, Via G. P. Pannini 3 , in close proximity to the MAXXI, with Franco Silvestro “MANI SULLA CITTÁ” exhibition.
Franco Silvestro has always oriented his research towards what he defines as the “poetics of the social,” which still today, with a new attitude, is present in his works.
Mani sulla città (Hands on the City), the title of these works, is taken from the Francesco Rosi film which denounces the ruthless corruption and building speculation of 1950s Naples.
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“Since 1993, the Gallery Il Ponte Contemporanea has been hosting exhibitions which well represent the international scene. Fulfilling its name, it has been a location of transit, contact and exchange for many international artists of different generations. The participating artists always broke through the wall of inertia, looking for a chance to represent the relationship between the subject and history, in order to maintain their imperative not to become historians of the moment. This is also why the public has always been an active participant to the events and exhibitions of Il Ponte Contemporanea, since it is representative of the work: the social body giving flesh and substance to the skeleton of history...” (Achille Bonito Oliva – The Bridges of Art)
Catalogues and books edited and published by Galleria Il Ponte Contemporanea: Ford Beckman, USA (1993), Pierre et Gilles, France (1993), Omar Ronda, Italy (1994), Atti Osceni Fatti Criminali, Galliani Silvestro, Italy (1994), Pietro Costa, USA (1994), Maurizio Pellegrin, USA (1994), Dino Pedriali, Italy (2005), Raimondo Galeano. Italy (1995), Cristiano Pintaldi, Italy (1995), Donald Lipski, USA (1995), Nino Longobardi, Italy (1995), Tamilia, Italy (1996), Max Kreijn, Netherlands (1997), Fabrice De Nola, Italy (1997) Matteo Basilè, Italy (1997), Balletti & Mercandelli. Italy (1997), Baron Wilhelm Von Gloeden, Germany (1998), Myriam Laplante, Canada (1998), Matthias Herrmann, Austria (1998), Marre Azzopardi, Australia (1998), Balletti & Mercandelli, Italy (1998), Jean-Jacques Ringuettes, Canada (1998), Mimma Pisani, Italy (1998), Matt Marello, USA (1999), Gianluca Cosci, Italy (1999), Francesco Impellizzeri, Italy (2000), Matthias Herrmann, Austria (2000), Franco Giordano, Italy (2000), Balletti & Mercandelli, Italy (2000), Giorgio Lupattelli, Italy (2001), Franco Cenci, Italy (2001), Myriam Laplante, Canada (2002), The Bridges of Art- Achille Bonito Oliva (2003) Ed. Skira, Riparte – decimo anniversario (2004) ed. Drago, Oliviero Rainaldi – conversazioni (2004), Artisti Solitari, uno sguardo dal Ponte sul terzo millennio-Achille Bonito Oliva (2008) ed. Silvana, Invito All’Opera-Achille Bonito Oliva (2016) ed. Drago.
Editions and poster projects produced for Nino Longobardi (Italy), Franco Silvestro (Italy), Matthias Herrmann (Austria), Gianni Piacentino (Italy), Seymour Likely (Netherlands), Rodrigo De La Sierra (Mexico), Matteo Basile (Italy), Balletti & Mercandelli (Italy), Vettor Pisani & Riccardo Schicchi (Italy).
Editions - video. Matt Marello, Myriam Laplante, Giorgio Lupatelli, Balletti & Mercandelli, Paolo Ravalico Scerri, Franco Silvestro,
Performances staged with artists - Paolo Canevari, Paolo Ravalico Scerri, Myriam Laplante, Vettor Pisani & Riccardo Schicchi, Francesco Impellizzeri.
Since 1993, Galleria Il Ponte Contemporanea has changed location within Rome several times, moving to larger spaces or responding to more dynamic areas of the city – via della Lungara 15 (Trastevere), via di Montoro 10 (ancient centre), via di Monserrato 23 (ancient centre), via Giovanni Castel Bolognese 81 (Trastevere-Testaccio), finally settling in via di Panico 55-59 (ancient city centre). From 1994 to 2000, together with the collector Giovanni Giuliani (Rome) and curator Jonathan Turner (Sydney), it established the radical alternative space Il Ponte Projects (via di Montoro 5), which was set up to organize last-minute contemporary art events, performances and installations. This idea helped to change the concept of how art was presented in the Roman capital.
From 2014 Il Ponte Contemporanea starts a new adventure in China creating Il Ponte Chu Contemporanea. A new bridge between the western and the eastern world.
The new location, the Jewish Ghetto in Rome, is a uge space on three floor. The underground floor is a bunker for special projects called STONGBOX.
From February 2018 Il Ponte Start a new project called ‘Show Case’ in Testaccio, the most creative and stimulating district of the capital.
RipARTe – from 1995 to 2007 was director of RIPARTE hotel art fair. This revolutionary art fair was organized in collabaoration with a board comprising other Italian and international galleries. Over the years, more than 400 different international galleries from Italy, Germany, Austria, France, The Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Greece, Switzerland,USA,Canada,Colombia, Korea, Hong Kong and Australia, transformed several floors and hotel rooms into individual gallery spaces. RIPARTE 1-12 took place in the following veues: Ripa Residence Hotel, Rome; Hilton Hotel, Rome; Sheraton EUR, Roma; Sheraton, Genoa; Excelsior Hotel, Naples. A catalogue was published for each edition, and a further book was published by Drago Editions (Roma) in occasion of the 10th anniversary.
Participated in the following international art fairs with stands at: Art Basel, Art Basel Editions, Chicago International Art Exposition, Grammercy Park Hotel Art Fair, Frankfurt Art Fair, Stockholm Art Fair, Melbourne Art Fair, ARCO Madrid, Flash Art Fair, Arte Fiera Bologna, Artissima Torino, MiArte Milano, Bozen Arte, Road to Contemporary Art–Rome.
Commissioner at RipARTe, Chicago International Art Exposition, Arte Roma.
Curators
Has closely collaborated with numerous international curators, both on projects for his own gallery and publications, as well as on exhibitions in other galleries, museums and public spaces.
Achille Bonito Oliva (director Venice Biennale 1995), Francesco Bonami, (director Venice Biennale 2003), Peter Weiermair (director Frankfurter Kunstverein, Museo d’Arte Contemporanea di Bologna), Jonathan Turner, Luca Beatrice, Cristiana Perrella, Teresa Macri, Francesca Pietracci, Gianluca Marziani, Louise Dery, Cecilia Casorati, Martina Cavallarin, Tristan Koenig, Lucia Spadano, Demetrio Paparoni, Helena Kontova, Roberto d’Agostino, Margaret Failoni, Mario Codognato, Mario de Candia, Valerio Deho.
Ongoing relationships with magazines. Articles, reviews, interviews and news published in: Flash Art International, ARTnews, Art Forum, Art in America, Tema Celeste, Segno, Juliet, Exibart, Art Tribune, Inside Art, Next, Tableau Fine Arts Magazine – Amsterdam, Art + Text - Sydney, Black + White. - Sydney
Television – weekly program filmed in the gallery by Moda for La7 network, Italy. 2008-2012
