On the occasion of International Women’s Day, the Hendrik Christian Andersen Museum, directed by Maria Giuseppina di Monte and part of the Directorate of State Museums of the City of Rome, directed by Mariastella Margozzi, presents to the public the exhibition by Sabina Alessi and her working group, made up of students on the Decoration course at the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome.
The exhibition stems from the agreement signed between the Hendrik C. Andersen Museum and the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome, aimed at cooperation and exchange in the name of promoting the Museum, the young artists and their lecturer, Sabina Alessi, an Italian-Belgian who lives and works in Rome.
The project stems from the visits to the Museum by the students of the Academy, who, during their visits, explored the themes relating to the artistic and human journey that Hendrik Christian Andersen left us as a legacy. The exhibition stands in contrast to the utopian ideals behind the World Center of Communication project, through which Andersen wanted to “create a new Bible, something that will help those who come after us to feel their spirit as a part of God’s. […] to show how differences […] make no difference”, as emerges from the typed Diary of his sister-in-law, Olivia Cushing.
The seven deadly sins represented by seven works, each well characterised and distinguished by shape, colour and material, therefore stand in contrast to the “white dreams of another world” of Hendrik Christian Andersen who, although not expressly, pursued an ideal of art and life marked by the glorification of virtue. In the iconographic programme of Hendrik Andersen’s ideal city, these concepts are translated into the search for the balance of forms and the harmonious dialogue between the sculptures that the artist placed at the centre of his urban project: art and beauty become the means to change humanity.
The educational value of the project is an added value, as the students were involved in all the phases of design, creation and care of the equipment, set-up and organisation.
On Women’s Day, the exhibition is intended as a tribute to all the female artists to whom the Hendrik Andersen Museum has always devoted particular attention and interest through numerous initiatives, and this year the commitment continues through the exhibition of a female artist and the students of the Academy involved in the project.
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Coordination: Prof. Guglielmo Gigliotti g.gigliotti@abaroma.it
Collaboration: Chiara Picco, Martina Macchia, Marianna Pontillo comunicazione@abaroma.it