Matteo Fato

Il difficile è dimenticare ciò che si è visto per casa
(Ritratto di Pescara per caso)

 

Curated by Simone Ciglia

Produced and promoted by the Fondazione La Rocca, Pescara

 

Sixteen years after his last solo show, Matteo Fato returns to exhibit in his hometown with a widespread project that reflects on the link between art and territory. The exhibition involves cultural institutions, public spaces and temporary interventions to build a “casual” portrait of Pescara, where the artist lives and

 

Opening weekend

• Saturday, June 28:

– 6 p.m.: Fondazione La Rocca – Project Space/FLR – Riverfront – Canal Harbor

• Domenica 29 giugno:

 – 10 a.m.: Spazio Matta – lecture-conference by Gianni Garrera

– 12 noon: Museo delle genti d’Abruzzo

– 6:30 p.m.: zerozerosullivellodelmare

 

Main locations

• Fondazione La Rocca

Sede principale della mostra, raccoglie un’antologia di opere inedite e realizzate in precedenza.

• Project Space – Fondazione La Rocca

Ex rimessa della cooperativa pescatori adiacente alla Fondazione La Rocca, ospita un archivio/Wunderkammer che raccoglie opere e reperti in un’installazione immersiva (fino al 3 agosto).

• Museo dell’Ottocento

Après works inspired by the museum’s collection and core of works devoted to classic genres of art history (landscape, portrait, still life)

• Museo delle Genti d’Abruzzo

Intervention within the museum itinerary, in dialogue with Abruzzo’s history and material culture.

• s.l.m. 00 – Zero zero sul livello del mare  (visitable only on June 29 at 6:30 p.m.)

Series of works marked by the flooding of the artist’s studio in 2019

Special Projects

• Public postings

Artist posters in public spaces of the city (June 9-July 6).

• Traveling sound vehicle

Release of the song Ha tutte le carte in regola by Piero Ciampi, recorded by Fato and Ciglia. Also produced on vinyl.

• Canal Port

Installation of a Maiella stone easel facing the sea, a tribute to painting and Franco Summa.

• Riverfront

Intervention on the sails of a paranza sailing along the Pescara River.

• Spazio Matta  (June 29, 10 a.m.)

Lection-conference by musical philologist Gianni Garrera with theatrical set design by Matteo Fato.

•Casa Flaiano

Neon sign on the facade of Ennio Flaiano’s birth house.

• Redazione rivista Segno

Opening of the editorial office of Segno magazine to the public with an exhibit dedicated to the history of the magazine.

• Edicola via L’Aquila

Limited edition poster dedicated to gallery owner Cesare Manzo, the first to represent the artist, as a gift to the public.

• Selected tobacconists and newsstands

D’après invito-cartolina by Gino De Dominicis for the exhibition Quando non si parla più di immortalità del corpo (ingresso riservata agli animali) (De Domizio Gallery, Pescara, 1975).

• Convento Michetti – Francavilla al Mare

Tribute to the artist Francesco Paolo Michetti (July 18).

 

Public Program

Guided tours, meetings, lectures and dialogues with critics and curators.

 

Catalogo

Catalog published by Allemandi, published at the conclusion of the project.

 

Matteo Fato is represented by Monitor Gallery (Rome, Pereto, Lisbon).