Cristiano Carotti. Black Swallow-V14

From May 9 to July 9 2015, the Squero San Trovaso in Venice will be the stage that will host a huge gondola armed and armored to 11 meters, topped by a cannon. Simultaneously, the nearby site of El Magazen of the Art, will be exhibited some preliminary studies and small works inspired by Black Swallow-V14.
The initiative, curated by Lorenzo Respi, organized by Gallery Al Prussian Blue and All Around Art, in collaboration with El Magazen RO.SA.M. Art and Cultural Association, is the first of three events that will close the path ideally Research undertaken by Cristiano Carotti in 2012 at the personal "Waterloove" At the gallery Prussian Blue Naples, where their end of the year there will be the final exhibition of the exhibition "Waterloove 2.0".
Black Swallow-V14 ​​is the wreck of an old Venetian gondola restored and converted by hand by the artist in a warship, armed and armored, leading to the hull the unmistakable signs of the battle and the stubborn resistance to a world that wants to annihilate . The vulgarity of contemporary society it contaminates the passions and cancels the ideals, try to sink the gondola that protects the ethics of art opposed to the assault of the laws of the market and to denounce the indiscriminate use of violence in today's society.
Narcissism, ignorance and superficiality necessarily lead many exhibition ephemeral and morbid hunt for the scoop, the strategy of self-interest and the "no" logic of silence, the spectacle of the most intimate emotions and the search of the famous fifteen minutes of fame Andy Warhol wished.
"And what happens to the art? What does art who says that he loves her? - Asks Cristiano Carotti - certainly love is also look for compromise, but not in the name of money or even worse the performance. The gondola army is a genetic mutation of the object and its value compared with its contemporary ".
"The art of Cristiano Carotti is vision. With impeccable punctuality - says the curator, Lorenzo Respi - its installation screams suffered, to represent symbolically the geopolitical crisis that touches today Italy and Europe in its relationship with the sea. The gondola, romantic and ancient symbol of the queen city of the arts, blends into the tank, to remind us that, over the canals, Venice sailing and was ruler of the sea. "
In the collective imagination the Venetian gondola is an undisputed icon of love, the archetype of a golden age of the passions, which relives provocatively army in Black Swallow-V14. Romantic picture postcard, the gondola recovers its traditional value and the explosive force of amorous passion equipping and arming themselves to fight on the battlefield of the Biennale of Art in Venice in 2015.
Black Swallow-V14 ​​is built with the technical support of BAB LAB. Technical sponsors of the event are CO.I.MONT. Terni and transport group Bernardini Terni.
Simultaneously Allo Squero San Trovaso also be installed sculpture The Bird Man by Marco Agostinelli.

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