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German artist pays tribute to Adriatic Sea in the Italian seaside town of Cupra Marittima



Karin Andersen: Vigiliae Litoris

Cura e testo
Rebecca Delmenico

L'inaugurazione è sabato 9 febbraio 2013 alle 18 
presso Design Studio Associato a San Benedetto del Tronto


(See below for English translation)

Sabato 9 febbraio 2013 la Galleria Marconi, Design Studio Associato e Marche Centro d’Artepresentano Vigiliae Litoris mostra personale di Karin Andersen.
La mostra sarà inaugurata alle ore 18.00 presso gli spazi di Design? Studio Associato in via D’Annunzio n°36 a San Benedetto del Tronto. L’evento è a cura di Rebecca Delmenico, autrice anche del testo critico. Vigiliae Litoris fa parte degli eventi che si affiancano all’Expò di arte contemporanea di Marche Centro d’Arte.
La mostra sarà in parte realizzata all’interno degli spazi di Design? Studio Associato, e nei giorni dimartedì 5 e mercoledì 6 febbraio sarà possibile assistere a Karin Andersen che darà forma a una performance site specific di live painting. Per poter assistere alla performance gli orari sono i seguenti: 9-13 14-18.

“La Galleria Marconi e Design? Studio Associato accolgono un progetto inedito dell'artista tedesca Karin Andersen. Nota al pubblico per le sue figure teriomorfe che si muovono in ambienti trasmutati, in questa occasione l'artista renderà omaggio al Mare Adriatico con un grande dipinto che lo ritrarrà in tutto il suo straniante e mistico torpore invernale. L'opera sarà eseguita direttamente nello spazio espositivo nei giorni che precedono l'inaugurazione e consisterà in un monumentale ritratto di una squadra di insoliti guardiani, specie di bagnini mutanti, che sorvegliano la riva incuranti della tempesta che li assale. La Andersen cerca, attraverso questo affresco ironico e suggestivo, di stimolare un'ampia riflessione sul cambiamento climatico e sulle sue infauste conseguenze”.
(Rebecca Delmenico)
Grazie alla collaborazione con Design? Studio Associato la Galleria Marconi sbarca a San Benedetto del Tronto allestendo un nuovo spazio dedicato all'arte Contemporanea che si affianca a quello storico a Cupra Marittima. Alla base del secondo anno di collaborazione c’è sempre l’idea di diffondere sul territorio regionale la passione per l’arte e il design, due mondi che spesso si toccano e giocano a dialogare tra loro.
La Galleria Marconi continua così la sua operazione di promozione artistica all’esterno del proprio ambiente, sperimentando luoghi altri rispetto a quelli canonici dell’arte.
Design? Studio Associato si propone di superare i limiti di uno studio di architettura per diventare promotore di cultura e offrire nuove prospettive a chi frequenta i suoi spazi.
Accomunati dallo stesso spirito critico di ricerca, applicato alle arti visive, all’architettura e alla progettazione, la collaborazione vuole dare il via ad un nuovo percorso di studio e sperimentazione attraverso l’analisi e la rielaborazione della realtà che ci circonda.
“Ogni nuova stagione espositiva è come un nuovo inizio, un ripensare a quanto si è fatto per continuare a crescere sulle radici, si spera solide, che si sono messe. Arrivati alla soglia dei 18 anni (ma la maturità è ancora lontana a venire) voglio ringraziare quanti, magari solo per un attimo, un sorriso o una chiacchierata, si sono avvicinati all’attività della Galleria. Continuo a lavorare per l’arte, nonostante tutte le difficoltà, perché spero ancora che possa salvarci. Un abbraccio” (Franco Marconi)

English Version

On Saturday February 9th, the Marconi Gallery will open its new exhibition by German artist, Karin Andersen. The event is curated by Rebecca Delmenico, author of the critical text. "Vigiliae Litoris" is part of the events supported by the Contemporary art Expo of Marche Centro d'Arte.

Also shown will be a painting created at Karin Andersen's site specific performance of live painting. "Marconi Gallery and Design Associated Study support this new project of the german artist Karin Andersen. Known to the public for her animal-headed figures moving in environments transmuted, on this occasion the artist will pay tribute to the Adriatic Sea with a big painting that will portay it in all its astranging and mystic winter torpor. The work will be carried out directly in the exhibition space in the days before the   inauguration and it will be a monumental portrait of a team of unusual guardians, especially lifeguards mutants, who oversee the bank regardless of the storm that assails them. Karin Andersen   tries to stimulate a broad reflection on climate change and its dire consequences through this ironic and suggestive fresco." - (Rebecca Delmenico) 

Marconi Gallery arrives in San Benedetto del Tronto thanks to its cooperation with Design Associated Study and it sets up a new contemporary art space that joins the historic of Cupra Marittima, located in the region Marche. At the base of the second year of collaboration there is always the idea of ​​spreading the region's passion for art and design, two worlds that often touch and play dialogue. Marconi Gallery is continuing the process of artistic promotion outside its environment, experiencing places other than the canons of art. Design? Associated Study aims to overcome the limitations of an architectural firm to become a promoter of culture and offer new perspectives to those who attend its spaces. Sharing the same critical research, applied to the visual arts, architecture and design, this collaboration wants to kick off a new course of study and experimentation through the analysis and processing of the reality that surrounds us. 

"Every new exhibition season is like a new beginning, a re-think what we have done to continue to grow on the roots, hopefully solid, that have been put. Arrived at 18 years (but the maturity is still far ahead) I want to thank those who, even if only for a moment, a smile or a chat, have approached the work of the Gallery. I continue to work for art, despite all the difficulties, because I still hope that it can save us. A hug "(Franco Marconi)

Galleria Marconi di Franco Marconi
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