SEMINAR AND ROUND-TABLE DISCUSSION

 

The seminar aims to investigate the role of institutions in narrating contemporary art. Following an initial overview of the importance of pedagogical practices capable of fostering critical awareness of what is defined as art, the discussion will address the critical issues inherent in the different models adopted by museums and art academies to document and narrate artists’ works. Starting from the interview as a direct model through which artists can articulate their own research processes, the seminar will examine exemplary case studies and reflect on some of the challenges and limitations associated with this narrative practice.

The day will feature contributions by Laura Cherubini and Giacinto Di Pietrantonio, two indispensable voices in the history of contemporary art since the 1980s, whose curatorial work and teaching activities at the Accademia di Brera have shaped generations of artists prominent in the national and international art scenes. Maura Favero (MAXXI – National Museum of 21st Century Arts, Rome) will reflect on documentation as a dialogical practice aimed at the creation of a meaningful corpus on and for the artwork.

The seminar will conclude with a round-table discussion involving artists who trained under Alberto Garutti and Luciano Fabro and who participated in a research project dedicated to the interview as a narrative tool. The interview project, conceived according to an approach that is neither journalistic nor academic but rather as a conversation and an exchange of reflections on issues such as artistic training, techniques, materials used in the creative process, and the conservation of artworks, involved 24 artists in its first phase, five of whom: Rebecca Agnes, Simone Berti, Ettore Favini, Bernhard Rüdiger, and Anna Scalfi will be speaking to share their experiences and any critical issues with this form of communication.

The initiative forms part of the PNRR project INTAFAM IartNET – an international platform for artistic research and cultural heritage at Italian higher arts education institutions, funded by the European Union – Next Generation EU, for which the Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera is the lead institution.

Information:

Brera Academy of Fine Arts, Milan

comunicazione@fadbrera.edu.it 
PNRR IartNET 

https://www.accademiadibrera.milano.it/en/iartnet