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SIMON BERGER | FACING GRACE: Musei Civici di Treviso - Casa Robegan

Past exhibition
15 December 2023 - 11 February 2024
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SIMON BERGER | FACING GRACE, Musei Civici di Treviso - Casa Robegan
 

Treviso palcoscenico di grazia e bellezza con “Facing Grace”, l’innovativa mostra dell’artista svizzero Simon Berger organizzata da Cris Contini Contemporary in collaborazione con il Comune di Treviso negli spazi di Casa Robegan, Musei Civici di Treviso. La mostra, a cura di Sandrine Welte e Pasquale Lettieri e sostenuta da Cristian Contini e Fulvio Granocchia, fa parte del programma culturale patrocinato dall’ Amministrazione Comunale e supportato da Banca Prealpi SanBiagio.

 

Ispirandosi al rivoluzionario lavoro artistico di Antonio Canova per la mostra ai Musei Civici di Treviso, Simon Berger tenta una nuova interpretazione della complessa opera dello scultore italiano, la cui importanza e valore per l'arte continuano a risuonare ancora oggi. Tenendo in considerazione il profondo legame tra la città di Treviso e la casa natale di Canova a Possagno, Facing Grace si confronta con il linguaggio scultoreo unico di Canova, trasponendo la sua personale ricerca estetica sulla forma umana fino al repertorio della narrazione mitologica, studiata nei minimi dettagli dall'artista neoclassico.

Il punto di partenza del corpus di opere presentato diventa così Le Tre Grazie del Canova, straordinario esempio di virtuosismo scultoreo per composizione e movimento. Unite nel portamento elegante e nella bellezza delicata, le tre dee si perdono in un abbraccio affettuoso l’una di fronte all’altra. Il loro equilibrio pacifico rivela la loro natura allegorica di allegria, bellezza giovanile ed eleganza, in quanto emanano un'aria di gioiosa leggerezza dell'essere. Il loro aspetto fisico come gruppo scultoreo di tre elementi viene tradotto in una nuova forma corporea fatta di linee generate da crepe ed incrinature attraverso la tecnica della "morfogenesi" di Simon Berger.

Interrogandosi sui canoni della bellezza, l'artista svizzero crea diverse installazioni che ruotano attorno alle nozioni di sublime, lasciando trasparire le sue molteplici sfaccettature. Il vetro, suo materiale d'elezione, funge quindi da mezzo per giocare con le modalità di percezione, consentendo una decostruzione e una sintesi sia letterale che metaforica dei racconti mitologici sottesi. Gli strati di significato sono così orchestrati in un commento sulla "Facing Grace", mentre i suoi ritratti scultorei bidimensionali invitano a guardare oltre la superficie in un incontro virtuale con i suoi disegni vitrei - alla ricerca del bello.

 

SIMON BERGER | FACING GRACE 

15 dicembre 2023 - 11 febbraio 2024

Casa Robegan, Musei Civici di Treviso 

Via Antonio Canova, 38
31100 Treviso (Tv) 

 

Orario:
Mercoledì, Giovedì, Venerdì 15:00 - 18:00 
Sabato e Domenica 10:00 - 18:00
Orario Festività:
Domenica 24 dicembre 2023: aperti dalle 10:00 alle 16:00
Lunedì 25 dicembre 2023: chiuso
Martedì 26 dicembre 2023: aperti dalle 14:00 alle 18:00
Domenica 31 dicembre 2023: aperti dalle 10:00 alle 16:00
Lunedì 1 gennaio 2024: chiuso
Martedì 2 gennaio 2024: aperti dalle 14:00 alle 18:00
Sabato 6 gennaio 2024: aperti dalle 10:00 alle 18:00

 

 

Treviso sets the stage for grace and beauty with "Facing Grace", the innovative exhibition by Swiss artist Simon Berger organised by Cris Contini Contemporary in collaboration with the Municipality of Treviso in the spaces of Casa Robegan, Treviso Civic Museums. The exhibition, curated by Sandrine Welte and Pasquale Lettieri and supported by Cristian Contini and Fulvio Granocchia, is part of the cultural programme sponsored by the City Council and supported by Banca Prealpi SanBiagio.

 

Taking inspiration from Antonio Canova‘s revolutionary artistic work for the exhibition at the Musei Civici di Treviso, Simon Berger endeavours a new take on the complex oeuvre by the Italian sculptor whose importance and value for art continues to resonate today. In consideration of the intricate link between the city of Treviso and Canova’s birthplace in Possagno, Facing Grace engages with Canova‘s unique sculptural idiom by transposing his own aesthetic research into the human form to the repertoire of mythological narrative, studied in great detail by the Neoclassical artist.

The point of departure for the body of works presented thereby becomes Canova’s The Three Graces, an outstanding example of sculptural virtuosity in terms of composition and movement. United in their elegant posture and delicate beauty, the three goddesses are lost in an affectionate embrace as they face each other. Their peaceful balance speaks to their allegorical nature of mirth, youthful beauty and elegance as they altogether appear to exude an air of joyous lightness of being. From their physical appearance as a sculptural group of three, they are translated to a new corporeal shape in lines of cracks and creases through Simon Berger‘s ‘morphogenesis‘-technique.

Engaging with canons of beauty, the Swiss artist creates various installations that revolve around notions of the sublime, allowing for its many faces to appear. Glass, his material of choice, thereby acts as a medium to play with modes of perception, allowing for a both literal and metaphorical deconstruction and synthesis of the underlying mythological accounts. Layers of meaning are thus orchestrated into a comment on ‘facing grace‘ as his two-dimensional sculptural portraits invite a look beyond the surface in a virtual encounter with his vitreous drawings - in search of the beautiful.

 

SIMON BERGER | FACING GRACE

15 DECEMBER 2023 - 11 FEBRUARY 2024

CASA ROBEGAN, TREVISO CIVIC MUSEUMS 

Via Antonio Canova, 38
31100 Treviso (Tv), Italy

 

Hours:
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 3 p.m. - 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Holiday Hours:
Sunday, December 24, 2023: open from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Monday, December 25, 2023: closed 
Tuesday, December 26, 2023: open from 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Sunday, December 31, 2023: open from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Monday, January 1, 2024: closed 
Tuesday, January 2, 2024: open from 2:00 p.m to 6:00 p.m.
Saturday, January 6, 2024: open from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

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Installation Views
  • Simon Berger, Facing Grace, Musei Civici di Treviso Casa Robegan, courtesy of Cris Contini Contemporary, photo credit Jessica Zufferli
    Simon Berger, Facing Grace, Musei Civici di Treviso Casa Robegan, courtesy of Cris Contini Contemporary, photo credit Jessica Zufferli
  • Simon Berger, Facing Grace, Musei Civici di Treviso Casa Robegan, courtesy of Cris Contini Contemporary, photo credit Jessica Zufferli
    Simon Berger, Facing Grace, Musei Civici di Treviso Casa Robegan, courtesy of Cris Contini Contemporary, photo credit Jessica Zufferli
  • Simon Berger, Facing Grace, Musei Civici di Treviso Casa Robegan, courtesy of Cris Contini Contemporary, photo credit Jessica Zufferli
    Simon Berger, Facing Grace, Musei Civici di Treviso Casa Robegan, courtesy of Cris Contini Contemporary, photo credit Jessica Zufferli
  • Simon Berger, Facing Grace, Musei Civici di Treviso Casa Robegan, courtesy of Cris Contini Contemporary, photo credit Jessica Zufferli
    Simon Berger, Facing Grace, Musei Civici di Treviso Casa Robegan, courtesy of Cris Contini Contemporary, photo credit Jessica Zufferli
  • Simon Berger, Facing Grace, Musei Civici di Treviso Casa Robegan, courtesy of Cris Contini Contemporary, photo credit Jessica Zufferli
    Simon Berger, Facing Grace, Musei Civici di Treviso Casa Robegan, courtesy of Cris Contini Contemporary, photo credit Jessica Zufferli
  • Simon Berger, Facing Grace, Musei Civici di Treviso Casa Robegan, courtesy of Cris Contini Contemporary, photo credit Jessica Zufferli
    Simon Berger, Facing Grace, Musei Civici di Treviso Casa Robegan, courtesy of Cris Contini Contemporary, photo credit Jessica Zufferli
  • Simon Berger, Facing Grace, Musei Civici di Treviso Casa Robegan, courtesy of Cris Contini Contemporary, photo credit Jessica Zufferli
    Simon Berger, Facing Grace, Musei Civici di Treviso Casa Robegan, courtesy of Cris Contini Contemporary, photo credit Jessica Zufferli
  • Simon Berger, Facing Grace, Musei Civici di Treviso Casa Robegan, courtesy of Cris Contini Contemporary, photo credit Jessica Zufferli
    Simon Berger, Facing Grace, Musei Civici di Treviso Casa Robegan, courtesy of Cris Contini Contemporary, photo credit Jessica Zufferli
Publications
  • FACING GRACE

    FACING GRACE

    Simon Berger 2023 Read more
Videos
  • Facing Grace | Simon Berger

    Facing Grace | Simon Berger

    Casa Robegan = Musei Civici Treviso Italy Treviso sets the stage for grace and beauty with "Facing Grace", the innovative exhibition by Swiss artist Simon Berger organised by Cris Contini Contemporary in collaboration with the Municipality of Treviso in the spaces of Casa Robegan, Treviso Civic Museums. 15 DECEMBER 2023 - 11 FEBRUARY 2024 Read more

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