Figures of Desire
Figures of desire is an exhibition born from the encounter between two artists of different backgrounds and nationality: Sonia Ros, Italian, and Katja Kotikoski, Finland.
This two-person exhibition presents a cross-section of the international art scene, suggesting the encounter and dialogue between two apparently different geographical and cultural contexts (the Baltic and the Mediterranean areas, the Northern and Southern Europe), but in fact similar to the attention to artistic research and innovation.
Some artists make of desire and its ability to “shape the world” the main theme of their work: this is the case of Sonia Ros and Katja Kotikoski. In fact, their artistic research is meant, in a different but complementary way, to investigate the relationship between desire, reality and humanity, staging the “figures of desire” seen from opposite points of view in some cases and coinciding in others. It is not just the expressive technique chosen by the two artists (for one of them sculpture, while painting for the other) to be different and complementary in this exhibition, it is the regime of the gaze that investigates the phenomenon and captures different moments of the relationship between
subject, world and desire.
Information
22 December 2013 - 16 February 2014
- Tuesday to Friday from 10:00 to 16:00 (ast admission at 15.30);
- Saturday and Sunday from 10:00 to 19:00 (last admission at 18:30);
24 and 31 December from 10.00 to 14:00 (last admission at 13:30).
Closed: Monday, 25 December 2013 and 1 January 2014.
Adults: € 8,00;
Concessions: € 7,00;
Roman Citizens only (by showing a valid ID):
- Adults: € 7,00;
- Concessions: € 6,00;
10% discount on food and beverage at the Casina del Lago coffee bar by showing the Museum ticket purchased on the same day.
Infoline: + 39 060608 (daily, from 9.00 to 21.00)
Promoted by: Roma Capitale, Assessorato alla Cultura, Creatività e Promozione Artistica - Sovrintendenza Capitolina ai Beni Culturali and is sponsored by Finnish Embassy in Italy.
The project, with the support of the Gallery Benappi of Turin and the Finnish Cultural Foundation, is presented in three Italian cities, Genoa, Turin and Rome.
