At the Museum of the Walls in Rome review of contemporary art on the relationship between Man and the Environment

On the day dedicated to Earth Day, Friday, April 22, the world’s largest environmental event, the contemporary art exhibition Ghê Gaia Terra. Reflections on the Relationship between Man and the Environment, at the Museum of the Walls in Rome, curated by Antonietta Campilongo, which can be visited until May 22, 2022. After the success of Ghê Gaia Terra, which took place in November 2021 at the Romanesque Temple of San Francesco in Capranica di Viterbo, the exhibition project returns with new paintings and sculptures, those of 29 artists, and with videos and performances, signed by 11 creative artists. The goal, however, does not change: to reflect, through Art and the arts, on the future of the planet and the need to build a new relationship between Man and Nature.

It is the tardigrade (phylum of invertebrate protostomes coelomates) that is the enigmatic symbol of the event. The message is strong: these organisms, in fact, may be the only ones to survive on Earth if we do not reverse the trend of pollution and unbridled consumption, warming and daily neglect. Known as “water bears,” these eight-legged invertebrates can survive up to thirty years without food or water and can withstand extreme temperatures, for a few minutes at 150 °C and for several days at -200 °C. But they are also resistant to high levels of radiation, lack of oxygen and resistance to the vacuum of space. The question is tragic but necessary: will only they remain?

The works in the exhibition

Ghê Gaia Terra is an exhibition of stories and atmospheres, of references and sensations, which turns its gaze to the ecological universe. The choice to intervene in the debate of raising awareness of pollution issues comes precisely from current events, with the conviction that an artistic action can contribute to increasing knowledge and awareness of this global emergency. This leads to the investigation of a concrete dimension that is illuminated by anthropological and sociological aspects that are urgent for humanity and universality. The aim of the exhibition is to make use of art as a medium to launch “green” messages of love and respect, particularly on the human-environment relationship.

The artists on display

These are the artists on display: Alessandro Angeletti, Rosella Barretta, Rossana Bartolozzi, Francesco Bonifazi, Massimo Campi, Antonella Catini, Antonio Ceccarelli, Silvano Corno, Paola De Santis, Alexander Luigi Di Meglio, Lean (Andrea Leonardi), Luciano Lombardi, Valentina Lo Faro, Eleonora Lucchini, Maria Carla Mancinelli, Lucia Nicolai, Giorgio Ortona, Veronika Palkovics, Adriana Pignataro, Loredana Raciti, Consuelo Rodriguez, Loredana Salzano, Stefania Scala, Andrea Sterpa, Carlo Tirelli, Anna Tonelli, Valter Vari, Klara Varhelyi, Tommaso Vitale. Special Guest Artists: Rosella Barretta, Rossana Bartolozzi and Anna Tonelli. Performance: artists&innocent, letizia Girolami, Letizia leone, Loredana Raciti and Maria Luisa Sales. Video: Daniele Conca, Lara Ferrara, Maria Korporal.

“There is a cry of pain, a cry for help, a cry of despair, coming from our Gaia Earth or Ghê as the ancient Greeks called it, which more and more, as a result of industrial development, has brought an enormous growth in the use of non-renewable resources, land exploitation, waste production, in the creation of synthetic substances that cannot be recycled by natural processes,” explains Alice Straffi in her critical text. “Man thus becomes one of the main perpetrators of alterations to the environment. The art world, which always records and often anticipates aesthetic and cultural trends, has devoted great attention to the world of nature, showing creativity, curiosity and great proactive capacity.”

The exhibition opening is scheduled for Friday, April 22, 5-8 p.m. (open to invited guests and the public).

Exhibition opening hours: Tuesday through Sunday 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Last admission half an hour before closing - closed May 1.

Info at: www.museodellemuraroma.it - T. 060608

At the Museum of the Walls in Rome review of contemporary art on the relationship between Man and the Environment

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