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[:it]WEAVING DREAMS. LIVING TIME
08 – 21 MARZO 2025
A cura di Dores Sacquegna
Fondazione Palmieri, Lecce
Si inaugura sabato 8 marzo alle ore 19:00 la mostra di arte contemporanea WEAVING DREAMS. LIVING TIME (Tessere sogni, vivere il tempo) che vede protagoniste della trentunesima edizione di WOMEN’S ART POWER, diciannove artiste e le loro opere presso la Fondazione Palmieri in Vico dei Sotterranei a Lecce. La mostra curata da Dores Sacquegna e organizzata da Primo Piano LivinGallery è visitabile sino al 21 marzo. Madrina e special guest 2025 è l’artista VIRGINIA RYAN presente a Lecce durante l’opening day. Alle sue opere è dedicata la performance “Sound no shielding” del musicista e compositore italiano m° ALBERTO NICK BOLETTIERI, noto per aver collaborato con artisti del calibro di Ennio Morricone tra gli altri. In performance anche l’artista francese SANDRA DETOURBET con “Oui. L’appel de l’intime, l’appel du monde” (Si, il richiamo dell’intimo, il richiamo del mondo). La mostra, patrocinata dal Comune di Lecce è in partnership con l’organizzazione italo-americana di donne imprenditrici in Florida WWTS (World Women Talent System). Drink welcome e degustazioni offerto dalle aziende agricole salentine Contino Wines e Ferrara. Catalogo bilingue in mostra.
LA MOSTRA E LE ARTISTE
WOMEN’S ART POWER nasce come dialogo culturale tra artiste italiane e internazionali e con WEAVING DREAMS. LIVING TIME l’evento si rinnova nel segno della scoperta, dell’incanto e della poesia, con un viaggio onirico tra tappe e passaggi, tra soste e ripartenze. La parola “Tessere” rimanda all’atto di intrecciare al telaio i fili della trama con quelli dell’ordito e “Vivere il tempo” unifica concetti opposti quali l’immobilità e il flusso, la materia e l’ineffabile nel definire i confini della nostra esistenza.
Virginia Ryan, nata in Australia ed è cittadina italiana dal 1982. Ha partecipato a numerose mostre, tra cui il Macro di Roma, la Biennale di Venezia, la Fondazione Pino Pascali di Polignano a Mare, la Biennale di Dakar. In Ghana ha co-fondato la FCA Foundation of Contemporary Art. In mostra a Lecce con le installazioni “Forme di protezione” e il video “Sanctuary”, in cui il protagonista e musicista Oliver Ryan suona i tamburi/scudi nella foresta di Balmoral in Australia, un luogo abitato anticamente dagli Aborigeni. Le opere di Virginia narrano il tempo del sogno e fondono magistralmente elementi di design tradizionale e multiculturale con l’estro contemporaneo. Tra memoria e perdita, tra tessere e trasformare, Ryan veicola messaggi di pace, di protezione e riconciliazione con la terra.
Oltre a lei, dodici artiste note per aver collaborato con Primo Piano LivinGallery sin dagli esordi e attive a livello nazionale e internazionale. Ricordiamo le americane Kohlene Hendrickson (madrina dell’edizione 2024 con i suoi “12 volti dell’eros”), Christine Palamidessi nota per le sue vestali in cartapesta leccese, Dena Haden nota giovane Fiber Artist le cui opere sono state esposte recentemente al National Center of Contemporary of Art in Bielorussia, Sara McKenzie, nota per i suoi intarsi tra nanoscienze e arte e Pnina Granirer, artista e scrittrice canadese con importanti retrospettive e collezioni permanenti ad Alberta. Dal resto del mondo, l’artista francese Sandra Detourbet, alla sua seconda performance a Lecce, la lussemburghese Margot Reding-Schroeder le cui opere sono presenti in importanti collezioni e l’olandese Bikkel, che ha fondato il BAM (Bikkel Art Museum) e le sue opere sono in collezione al Chang Kil-Hwan Museum in Corea del Sud tra gli altri. Bosniaca ma austriaca di adozione in mostra l’artista Nena Lang Cirkovic, le cui opere sono state esposte alla Biennale di Venezia nel Padiglione Musa e alla XIV Biennale di Firenze tra le altre. Dalla Turchia la giovane artista e designer Deniz Sak nota per la sua partecipazione allo YAP MAXXI a Roma e alla Triennale di Milano. Tra le italiane figurano le opere di Sonia Giavitto artista romana nota per le sue sculture e portali alchemici e infine Maria Luisa Imperiali artista nota per le sue figure archetipiche in ambientazioni pop e qui presente con una installazione che necessita dell’interazione con il visitatore.
Tra le new entry, le opere dell’artista svizzero-canadese Claudia Von Boch nota per le sue sculture affusolate esposte a livello internazionale, l’artista americana Tama Takahashi, nota per aver esposto tra gli altri al Tokyo Metropolitan Museum e attrice di film come “Blade Runner” e altri. Tra le giovani promesse l’artista americana Nicole Martinelli, nota per le sue e-painting esposte al San Diego Museum in California, l’artista cinese Angel Jiaqi Qin conosciuta per le sue techno performance alla Tate Modern di Londra, Kristina Trudorudo fotografa di origine russa e membro della Soho Photo Gallery di New York e infine la giovane artista rumena Cristina Maria Geana con le sue opere di tecno-collage.
Artiste in mostra: Bikkel Artist (Paesi Bassi), Sandra Detourbet (Francia), Cristina Maria Geana (Romania), Sonia Giavitto (Italia), Pnina Granirer (Canada), Dena Haden (Stati Uniti), Kohlene Hendrickson (Stati Uniti), Maria Luisa Imperiali (Italia), Nena Lang Cirkovic (Bosnia-Herzegovina), Nicole Martinelli (Stati Uniti), Sara Mckenzie (Stati Uniti), Cristine Palamidessi (Stati Uniti), Angel Jiaqi Qin (Cina), Margot Reding-Schroeder (Lussemburgo), Virginia Ryan (Australia), Deniz Sak (Turchia), Tama Takahashi (Stati Uniti), Kristina Trudorudo (Russia), Claudia von Boch (Canada).
WEAVING DREAMS. LIVING TIME
Dall’8 al 21 marzo 2025
Fondazione Palmieri, Vico Dei Sotterranei, Lecce
Apertura tutti i giorni con ingresso libero dalle 16:30 alle 20:30 (Mattina su appuntamento)
Tel: +39 349 37 20659 | primopianogallery@gmail.com[:en]WEAVING DREAMS. LIVING TIME
curated by Dores Sacquegna
Palmieri Foundation, Lecce
The thirty-first edition of WOMEN’S ART POWER contemporary art exhibition entitled WEAVING DREAMS, LIVING TIME opens Saturday 8 March at 7:00 pm and featuring nineteen artists and their works at the Fondazione Palmieri in Vico dei Sotterranei in Lecce, Italy. The exhibition curated by Dores Sacquegna and organized by Primo Piano LivinGallery can be visited until March 21. During opening day, the performance “Oui. L’appel de l’intime, l’appel du monde” (Yes, the call of the intimate, the call of the world) by French artist Sandra Detourbet, followed by “Sound no Shielding” by m° Alberto Nick Bolettieri in homage to the works by Australian-born, Italian binational special guest artist Virginia Ryan, present in Lecce during opening day. The exhibition is under auspices of the Lecce Municipality, and it is in partnership with the Italian American organization of women entrepreneurs in Florida WWTS (World Women Talent System). Drink and tastings welcome offered by Salento’s farms of Contino Wines and Ferrara. Bilingual catalogue on display.
THE EXHIBITION AND THE ARTISTS
WOMEN’S ART POWER was born as a cultural dialogue between Italian and international artists, and with WEAVING DREAMS. LIVING TIME, the event is renewed under the sign of discovery, of enchantment and poetry, with a dreamlike journey between stages and passages, between endings and beginnings. The word “Weaving” refers to the act of interweaving the threads of the weft with those of the warp at the loom, and “Living Time” unifies opposing concepts such as immobility and flow, matter and the ineffable in defining both boundaries and our very existence. The word “Living Time” is an invitation to weave stories and preserve meaning.
Virginia Ryan has exhibited in the Macro Museum in Rome, Venice Biennale, Pino Pascali Foundation in Polignano a Mare, the Dakar Biennale to name a few. In Ghana she co-founded the influential FCA Foundation of Contemporary Art. On display are the shield/drum installations from the series of “Forms of Protection” and the collaborative video “Sanctuary” (with musician Oliver Ryan) filmed in the Balmoral Forest in Australia, a place originally inhabited by Aboriginal peoples. Her works evoke dreamscapes and masterfully blend elements of traditional and multicultural design with contemporary flair. Between memory and loss, between the ways of weaving and transforming, Ryan conveys messages of peace, protection and reconciliation with the earth.
In addition to her, twelve artists known to have collaborated with Primo Piano LivinGallery since its inception and active nationally and internationally including the Americans artists Kohlene Hendrickson (special guest 2024 guest known for her works about “The 12 faces of Eros”), followed by Christine Palamidessi, known for her vestals in Lecce papier-mâché, Dena Haden noted young Fiber Artist whose works were recently exhibited at the National Center of Contemporary of Art in Belarus; Sara McKenzie, known for her inlays between nanoscience and art and Pnina Granirer, Canadian artist and writer with major retrospectives and permanent collections in the Glenbow Museum in Calgary-Alberta. From the rest of the world, French artist Sandra Detourbet, in her second performance in Lecce, Luxembourg artist Margot Reding-Schroeder whose works are in important collections, and Dutch artist Bikkel, who founded BAM (Bikkel Art Museum) and whose works are in the collection at the Chang Kil-Hwan Museum in South Korea to name a few. The Bosnian but Austrian by adoption is the artist Nena Lang Cirkovic, whose works have been exhibited at the Venice Biennale in the Musa Pavilion and at the 14th Florence Biennale. From Turkey, the young artist and designer Deniz Sak is known for her participation in YAP MAXXI in Rome and the Milan Triennale, among others.
Italians artists include works by Sonia Giavitto, known for her alchemical sculptures and portals, and Maria Luisa Imperiali known for her archetypal figures in pop settings and present here with an installation that requires interaction with the audience.
Among the new entries we find the works by the Swiss Canadian sculptor and ceramist Claudia Von Boch, known for her tapered sculptures exhibited internationally, and the American artist Tama Takahashi, known for having exhibited at the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum and having participated in the film “Blade Runner”. Among the younger artists, Nicole Martinelli, American artist known for her e-paintings exhibited at the San Diego Museum in California, and the Chinese artist Angel Jiaqi Qin, known for her techno performances at the Tate Modern in London. Kristina Trudorudo is a Russian photographer who lives in the US and is a member of the Soho Photo Gallery, and finally the young Romanian artist Cristina Maria Geana with her techno-collage works.
Exhibiting artists: Bikkel Artist (The Netherlands), Sandra Detourbet (France), Cristina Maria Geana (Romania), Sonia Giavitto (Italy), Pnina Granirer (Canada), Dena Haden (US), Kohlene Hendrickson (US), Maria Luisa Imperiali (Italy), Nena Lang Cirkovic (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Nicole Martinelli (US), Sara Mckenzie (US), Christine Palamidessi (US), Angel Jiaqi Qin (China), Margot Reding-Schroeder (Grand Duchy of Luxembourg), Virginia Ryan (Australia), Deniz Sak (Turkey),Tama Takahashi (US), Kristina Trudorudo (Russia), Claudia von Boch (Canada).
WOMEN’S ART POWER 2025
“WEAVING DREAMS, LIVING TIME”
Curated by Dores Sacquegna
From 8 to 21 march 2025 – Palmieri Foundation, Vico Dei Sotterranei, Lecce
Open every day with free entry from 4:30pm to 8:30pm (Mornings by appointment)
Tel: +39 349 37 20659 | primopianogallery@gmail.com
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