Through events, exhibitions, lectures and workshops, the public was invited again this year to participate in the dynamism, vivacity and cultural richness of our country, to recognize the important role constantly played by the art of our time in cultural, social and economic development.
AMACI’s project to entrust the leading image of the Giornata del Contemporaneo to an internationally renowned Italian artist also continued successfully.
For this fourth edition AMACI called on Paola Pivi, who chose the work “One cup of cappuccino, then I go” as the symbol of the event.
The 2008 edition also engaged AMACI in an important social mission. The Association, in partnership with UNICEF, stands on the side of children to combat the problem of racial discrimination that still plagues many countries around the world. AMACI launched a strong message of social responsibility again this year, and did so precisely through the energy of the art of our time.
AMACI – Association of Italian Contemporary Art Museums is a nonprofit association that today brings together 24 of the most important contemporary art museums in our country.
Founded in 2003 with the aim of supporting contemporary art and institutional policies related to contemporaneity, AMACI aims to consolidate, each year more and more, its role as an institutional reality, and as a point of reference for the dissemination of contemporary art study and research both in Italy and abroad.
PAOLA PIVI
Born in Italy in 1971, Paola Pivi’s artistic practice is diverse and enigmatic.
Commingling the familiar with the alien, Pivi often works with commonly identifiable objects which are modified to introduce a new scale, material or color, challenging the audience to change their point of view. Animals are often cast as protagonists in Pivi’s world. She draws upon their perceived characteristics and instills them with human mannerisms. In Pivi’s art, polar bears practice yoga, hang from trapezes, and engage with one another. Sprouting multicolored feathers, the artworks are both life-sized and miniaturized as baby bears. Spanning sculpture, video, photography, performance and installation, Pivi’s practice trespasses perceived limits to make possible what before seemed impossible. Zebras frolic in the arctic, goldfish fly on airplanes, and in her 2012 Public Art Fund installation, a Piper Seneca airplane was lifted on its wingtips and installed to constantly rotate forward.
Pivi has been the subject of numerous solo exhibitions including We are the Alaskan Tourists, Arken Museum, Denmark (2020); World Record, MAXXI Museo nazionale delle arti del XXI secolo, Italy; Art with a view, The Bass Museum Miami Beach, USA (2018); I did it again, Savannah College of Art and Design, USA (2018); I am tired of eating fish, LaRinascente, Italy (2017); Ma’am, Dallas Contemporary, USA (2016); Tulkus 1880 to 2018, FRAC Bourgogne, France (2014); You started it … I finish it, National Gallery of Victoria, Australia (2014); Share, But It’s Not Fair, Rockbund Art Museum, China (2012); How I roll, Public Art Fund New York, USA (2012); It’s a cocktail party, Portikus, Germany (2008); It just keeps getting better, Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland (2007); My religion is kindness. Thank you, see you in the future, Fondazione Trussardi, Italy (2006).
Pivi has exhibited internationally at institutions including Palais de Tokyo, Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Centre Pompidou, France; Fondazione Prada, Biennale di Venezia, Italy; Hamburger Bahnhof – Museum für Gegenwart, Germany; Whitechapel Gallery, Tate Modern, United Kingdom; Malmö Konsthall, Sweden; MOMA PS1, USA; Yokohama Triennale, Japan.
Promoted by
AMACI – Associazione del Musei d’Arte Contemporanea Italiani
Supported by
PARC – Direzione Generale per la qualità e la tutela del Paesaggio,
l’Architettura e l’Arte Contemporanee del Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali
With
Alto Patronato del Presidente della Repubblica
Under the patronage of
Rappresentanza a Milano della Commissione Europea
Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri
Senato della Repubblica
Camera dei Deputati
Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali
Ministero degli Affari Esteri
Conferenza delle Regioni e delle Province Autonome
Unione delle Province Italiane
Associazione Nazionale dei Comuni Italiani
ICOM Italia
Official partner
UniCredit Group
Partner
Assessorato Cultura e Pari Opportunità della Provincia di Bologna
Regione Toscana
Regione del Veneto
