Brescia acquires two works by Fabrizio Plessi

Brescia enriches its artistic heritage with two newly acquired contemporary works: Floating Santa Giulia and Capita Aurea, both created by Fabrizio Plessi (Reggio Emilia, 1940), a pioneer of video art and video installations in Italy. These works, recently acquired by the Brescia Musei Foundation, were created on the occasion of the exhibition Plessi marries Brixia(here is our review), held at the Santa Giulia Museum from June 9, 2023 to January 15, 2024.

Floating Santa Giulia

Floating Santa Giulia, which can be seen until May 27 as part of the Museum of Santa Giulia’s permanent itinerary, is a work that digitally reinterprets the sculpture of the crucified saint, originally part of the furnishings of the church named after her. The image of the seventeenth-century sculpture, attributed to brothers Carlo and Giovanni Carra, was digitally reproduced by Plessi, who rendered the movements of her veils fluidly through modern technologies. This work reflects on the violence of history and the communicative power of the original sculpture, using light, sound and moving images to create a particularly contemplative experience.

Capita Aurea

Capita Aurea is a large multimedia work that features a bronze head from the Roman era that slowly dissolves like liquid gold. This video installation represents a kind of contemporary vanitas, in which the precious metal becomes a metaphor for time passing, earthly glory passing away, and power dissolving. Plessi also uses his characteristic technological alphabet here to transform the ancient into the modern, merging historical heritage with a contemporary vision.

Plessi marries Brixia

The exhibition Plessi bride Brixia, curated by Ilaria Bignotti, featured installations, video projections and digital environments designed specifically for the Archaeological Park of Roman Brescia and the Museum of Santa Giulia. Plessi, inspired by Brescia’s archaeological treasures, saw in this heritage a reservoir of iconographies to be reinterpreted with his multimedia language. The exhibited works offered a new reading of the city’s historical remains, using light, sound, and moving images to create connections between the past and the present.

Brescia acquires two works by Fabrizio Plessi

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