Rome, sustainability at the center of the Circular Art exhibition at MAXXI

In the Corner setting at the Maxxi in Rome , the second edition of the Circular Art exhibition promoted by CONAI in 2023 is being held until Feb. 5. For the second time, the National Packaging Consortium, which works to protect the planet by recycling steel, aluminum, paper, wood, plastic, bioplastic and glass packaging, has decided to invite 10 members of the new generation of Italian artists to reinterpret environmental sustainability in an artistic key.

The Arte Circolare exhibition brings together 10 Italian artists of the latest generation, selected by Marco Bassan and Ludovico Pratesi on the basis of a focus on issues of innovation and sustainability combined with an international curriculum. The artists are Ruth Beraha, Veronica Bisesti, Lucia Cantò, Federica Di Pietrantonio, Antonio Fiorentino, Valentina Furian, James Hillman, Lucas Memmola, Francis Offman, and Serena Vestrucci.

Also presented in this museum venue are works from the first edition of Circular Art, which was held in May 2022 in the premises of Spazio Taverna in Taverna Palace. The artists of the first edition were Marco Emmanuele, Giulio Bensasson, Bea Bonafini, Gianluca Brando, Antonio della Guardia, Guglielmo Maggini, Diego Miguel Mirabella, Numero Cromatico, Lulù Nuti, and Alice Paltrinieri.

The winner of the first edition of the Conai prize is Giulio Bensasson.

The Circular Art exhibition presents a series of works where the materials used and the themes addressed actually represent possible solutions to propose new creative forms related to the challenges of the future.

In addition to the exhibition, Conai’s support for emerging artists takes shape with the Conai Prize, which concerns the purchase by the consortium of one of the works on display, selected by a special jury, that best meets the criteria of innovation and sustainability.

“Contemporary art is an important vehicle for innovation because of its ability to produce counterintuitive visions and lateral but forward-looking points of view. Artists have long been questioning the most pressing environmental issues by bringing to the attention of the general public the challenges society faces in fostering sustainable development on the basis of the circular economy,” the exhibition curators point out.

“The answers to the challenges facing us in the period we are living can come through the most diverse paths,” comments CONAI President Luca Ruini. “To tell the story of the circular economy we need new paths and new visions. Like those of the ten artists who participated in Circular Art. Contemporary art today can be a vehicle for corporate symbolism and values: I am sure that this year’s artists will be able to surprise us again in telling the story of the Consortium’s role as a leading player in the ecological transition.”

“Art should not be considered as a mere aesthetic product, but as the main activator of innovation processes. If art is not invested in and the typical creativity of artists is not adopted, the economy will suffer, especially at a time when a strong dose of innovation is required to be sustainable,” stress Carlo Alberto Pratesi and Andrea Geremicca of EIIS (European Institute of Innovation for Sustainability), which is promoting the initiative.

Pictured: Veronica Bisesti, Measurement Tool. Conai Award I. Ph. Credit: Amedeo Benestante

Rome, sustainability at the center of the Circular Art exhibition at MAXXI

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