Strozzina

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Photo © Hiroshi Sugimoto

Artists:
Tina Barney, Christoph Brech, Bureau d’études, Fabio Cifariello Ciardi, Clegg & Guttmann, Nick Danziger, Rineke Dijkstra, Jim Dow, Francesco Jodice, Annie Leibovitz, Helmut Newton, Trevor Paglen, Martin Parr, Wang Qingsong, Daniela Rossell, Jules Spinatsch, Hiroshi Sugimoto, The Yes Men

The exhibition explores portraiture and the representation of political, economical and social power in the contemporary world through the works of contemporary artists. Portraits of famous political figures, investigations into the lifestyle of the social elite, as well as inquiries into the power structures of international institutions.
The exhibition explores its theme from three main standpoints: it analyses power as an expression of the charisma of those individuals who have become icons or symbols of their age; it probes the power of institutions and social models that either represent themselves or are represented in a critical light; and it investigates the hidden mechanisms of powerful authorities.
Portraits and Power is a project of the CCC Strozzina, with the consultancy of Peter Funnell (National Portrait Gallery, London), Walter Guadagnini ("UniCredit & Art" project) and Roberta Valtorta (Museum of Contemporary Photography, Cinisello Balsamo) coordinated by Franziska Nori (CCCS, Firenze).

Photo by Enrico Amici

Metrocubo d'Infinito in un Cubo Specchiante (Square Metre of Infinity in a Mirror Cube), an installation covered externally with opaque steel plates and internally clad with mirrors, is intended to offer the public an opportunity to experience boundless space. Its centre will be occupied by one of the artist's historic works, the Metrocubo di Infinito (Square Metre of Infinity), 1966, which consists of exceptionally opaque surfaces on the outside and reflecting surfaces on the inside, thus taking the potential of refraction to its extreme limit.
Pistoletto himself argues that “the mirror expands the eye's characteristics and the mind's capabilities to the point where it offers a vision of totality”. The work of art becomes a secular place for meditation, where man with his capacity for imagination is the only true value.
In partnership with Castello di Ama per l’arte contemporanea
With the collaboration of Cittadellarte – Fondazione Pistoletto; Galleria Continua, San Gimignano / Beijing / Le Moulin; Carlo Falciani

With the support of:

COMUNE DI FIRENZE
PROVINCIA DI FIRENZE
CAMERA DI COMMERCIO DI FIRENZE
ASSOCIAZIONE PARTNERS PALAZZO STROZZI

REGIONE TOSCANA

Coop-Unicoop Firenze
Moleskine
Ataf

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