Filippo Minelli
Wildflowers grow in fields, wildflowers are beautiful
Dec 10th 2020 -Feb 1st 2021
Curated by:
Pauline Foessel
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In this exhibition, we discover two new series developed by Italian artist Filippo Minelli. Two series that prompt us to examine Hilary Putnam’s fact/value dichotomy. Facts are true and therefore objective, demonstrable: wildflowers grow in fields. Values are judgements and so subjective and individual: wildflowers are beautiful. In his Landscape series, Minelli explores and enjoys nature and its components. Minelli lives on the Portuguese–Spanish border. There he collects the trappings of border areas: stones, flowers, wheat stalks but also photographs, gathering as he wanders. He makes his finds his own and brings them a new dimension, positioning and repositioning them on canvas or paper. He paints negatively, seeking only outlines. He deliberately makes nature his own and offers it a new value: possibly sentimental and certainly aesthetic. He asks everyone to look again at the everyday items we tend to ignore. He creates his own oppositions: he combines nature and urban elements in the same visual space and has fun with their parameters. Between traces of nature and photographs of locations, urban components, he finds a certain beauty and creates new values. Whilst we all overlook these everyday facts, Minelli places them at the centre of his art, demanding our attention. Here we can see the concept of borders, which is recurrent in Minelli’s work: geography, politics, history. Here the border is visual too: juxtaposing painting, stencilling and photo collaging. Minelli erects the borders between materials and showcases a dialogue of concepts. He continues to explore that idea in his video series. It emerged from a trip to Bhutan. As in the above series, Minelli collects objects, which may be sacred. He also questions the value of those objects and the locations beneath his feet. Remnants of temples, what is their value, do they have one? If so, who gave it to them? Was it more than one person, when in time? Minelli decides to answer the underlying questions in his work subjectively by offering them a new life. He takes the remnants home and produces 3D scans, then paints them virtually and places them back in their landscape, like an archaeologist. He only wants to claim ownership of an image, a moment, as always. His work in this exhibition oscillates between the dichotomy of facts: observing, almost scientifically compiling fragments of nature and traces of the human species. And values: questioning the value of all the objects that surround us, artistically situating them at the centre of new physical and temporal landscapes.
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Press Release
December 3, 2020 Art Curator Grid presents: Filippo Minelli «Wildflowers grow in fields, wildflowers are beautiful» Online Exhibition Curated by Pauline Foessel On View exclusively on www.artcuratorgrid.com Date of release: December 10, 2020 LIVE DEMO & Opening: Thursday 10th of December, 5PM Lisbon Time Reservations: hello@artcuratorgrid.com About the Exhibition: Wildflowers grow in fields, wildflowers are beautiful, new solo show by Filippo Minelli is curated by Pauline Foessel. This online exhibition will span new series by the visual artist who lives on the Portuguese–Spanish border and travels internationally to find both inspiration and materials for his creations. In this exhibition, through videos, photographs, 3D scans and paintings, the artist collects and reclaims elements of landscapes he previously explored. ”Minelli erects the borders between materials and showcases a dialogue of concepts” explains Pauline Foessel in her curatorial text. Filippo Minelli (Italy, 1983) is a contemporary artist working internationally, analysing and researching landscape, politics and communication to create installations and performances documented through photography and video. His work is based on a nomadic practice mainly focused on peripheral geographic areas. Pauline Foessel (France, 1987) launched in 2019, Art Curator Grid, the first professional network dedicated to art curators – an online community that fosters connections between art professionals, institutions, galleries, and companies on a global scale. She moved to Lisbon in 2013 to manage Alexandre Farto's Vhils Studio and Underdogs Gallery. With a master's degree in Management Entrepreunarial from SKEMA Business School in Lille and an MBA Exchange Program from Concordia University in Montreal, Canada, she worked as gallery manager at Magda Danysz Gallery in Shanghai, China. Since 2013, together with Alexandre Farto, she is the co-director of Underdogs Gallery, where she is responsible for the curatorship of exhibitions, events, public art projects and artist editions. From 2015 to 2017 she divided her time between Lisbon and Hong Kong, where she worked as Director of Development at Hong Kong Contemporary Art (HOCA) Foundation. In 2017 she also founded the contemporary art project We Don't Do Flowers. What is our Online Exhibition Tool? The Online Exhibition Tool is a new feature on the Art Curator Grid platform that allows curators to digitally plan their exhibitions by mapping connections and pathways between works to create a visual representation of the curatorial process. Whether the project is online or offline curators are now able to map out the curatorial path between artworks in their exhibition using their chosen layout. Once saved, this can be used as a pitching asset to institutions or art spaces, an online archive of a once-in person exhibition, a management assistant tool of a physical show, or even a 100% digital exhibition. What is Art Curator Grid? Art Curator Grid is the first digital platform for curators to present their work, collaborate with their peers and explore new ideas centered around their practice. The platform also serves as a centralized resource for the larger community of artists, art enthusiasts, institutions, and spaces to discover the work of leading Contemporary Art curators from around the world. Visit our website: www.artcuratorgrid.com CONTACT FOR PRESS: Aude Quinchon aude@artcuratorgrid.com W/App: +33 6 64 19 97 52 *Follow us on Instagram @artcuratogrid*
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