POETIC BOOM BOOM
The exhibition focuses on visual poetry and is linked to the Imago Mundi collection Visual Poetry in Europe, that consists of 210 artworks. This unique collection is the first to be structured not only along a geographical mapping of art but also thematically, focusing on the historical movement visual poetry: a hybrid of art and communication.
Opening of Imago Mundi exhibition Poetic Boom Boom at Gallerie delle Prigioni by Poetic Boom BoomImago Mundi
As a revolutionary art form that began in the 1950s as part of the European Neo-avant-garde movement, visual poetry overcame its oral dimension to acquire also a visual aspect. A word is transformed into an art object, and consequently, poetry is to be both read and viewed. By appropriating the expressive means of advertising and communication, the work of visual poets is critical to mass culture in how it showcases major social and political issues.
Paul de Vree - Singer by Poetic Boom BoomImago Mundi
Marco Tamaro, Lavinia Colonna Preti (Treviso City Council), and Nikolas Vamvouklis (Gallerie delle Prigioni’s curator) in front of Paul de Vree's artwork at the opening of Imago mundi exhibition
RAFFAELLA DELLA OLGA
Della Olga lives and works in Paris.After a short career as a criminal lawyer, she attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Milan and in 2007she moved to Paris. Her discovery of ‘Un coup de dés by Mallarmé’ changed her artistic work. Visual poetry, minimalism, and conceptual art are her main references. Using a typewriter, she creates her own language and draws a stage of writing with discontinuous stretches. She has exhibited in several group and solo exhibitions.
Lavinia Colonna Preti (Treviso City Council), Tobia Scarpa, architect of the conservative restoration of the Gallerie delle Prigioni, and Nikolas Vamvouklis (Gallerie delle Prigioni’s curator) by Poetic Boom BoomImago Mundi
Lavinia Colonna Preti (Treviso City Council), Tobia Scarpa, architect of the conservative restoration of the Gallerie delle Prigioni, and Nikolas Vamvouklis (Gallerie delle Prigioni’s curator).
Nikolas Vamvouklis (Gallerie delle Prigioni’s curator), Luciano Benetton Mattia Solari (exhibition’s curator)at the opening of Imago Mundi exhibition Poetic Boom Boom at Gallerie delle Prigioni by Poetic Boom BoomImago Mundi
Nikolas Vamvouklis (Gallerie delle Prigioni’s curator), Luciano Benetton Mattia Solari (exhibition’s curator) at the opening of Poetic Boom Boom
Giovanni Fontana during his performance at the opening of Imago Mundi exhibition Poetic Boom Boom at Gallerie delle Prigioni by Poetic Boom BoomImago Mundi
GIOVANNI FONTANA
Fontana’s first verbal-visual works date back to the years 1966–1968 and develop alongside the sound experimentations. In the 1970s, he began to collaborate with Adriano Spatola, with whom he published Radio/Dramma, a text that stands between visual poetry, paramusical writing, phonetics, an action score and artist’s book. He is the author of several visual scriptures, books, records, and videos.
Opening of Imago Mundi exhibition Poetic Boom Boom at Gallerie delle Prigioni by Poetic Boom BoomImago Mundi
Paul de Vree - Singer.
De Vree is an artist who uses both two-dimensional and three-dimensional
techniques. Kissinger I (Courtesy of Fondazione Sarenco) is a playful work where the name of the American politician Henry Kissinger is split as if in a puzzle. The work consists of a Singer sewing machine completed with the letters that make up the word “kiss”.
In the photo, Nikolas Vamvouklis (Gallerie delle Prigioni’s curator) explains the artwork during the opening of the exhibition.
Raffaella Della Olga's artwork
Opening of Imago Mundi exhibition Poetic Boom Boom at Gallerie delle Prigioni by Poetic Boom BoomImago Mundi
Sarenco's artwork
