The Centre for Contemporary Culture Strozzina (CCCS) was born in 2007, as part of the Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi, with the intention to give the city of Florence an international contemporary art centre devoted to produce and show thematic exhibitions, following an interdisciplinary approach linked to the most recent scientific researches and that look forward different aspects of the contemporary culture.
Following this direction, the exhibition Emotional Systems examined the correlations between art and human emotive system in the light of the most recent neuro-scientific discoveries; China China China!!! focused on the recent boom in Chinese contemporary art; Art, Price and Value investigated the growing links between contemporary art and the international economic system; Green Platform explored the issues of ecology and sustainability; Manipulating Reality and Gerhard Richter and the disappearance of the image in contemporary art addressed the issue of the representation of reality in today’s world.
Since its opening the CCC Strozzina has exhibited works of such international artists as Bill Viola, William Kentridge, Dan Perjovschi, Damien Hirst, Cindy Sherman, Andreas Gursky, Wolfgang Tillmans, Antony Gormley and Gerhard Richter. Their works have been shown together with those of younger or not yet so established artists, always looking forward a dialogue between different approaches and new reflections about the selected topics. The challenge posed by the Renaissance architecture of Palazzo Strozzi for contemporary art is taken as a stimulus and a challenge to put in a dialogue past, present and future, always searching for a responsive reception by the audience, involved in the centre’s activity through a lectures taken by academics of different disciplines, artists’ talks, and a rich educational programme dedicated to schools and adults.
With the support of:
COMUNE DI FIRENZE
PROVINCIA DI FIRENZE
CAMERA DI COMMERCIO DI FIRENZE
ASSOCIAZIONE PARTNERS PALAZZO STROZZI
REGIONE TOSCANA
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