The second appointment of the 2012 edition of Postcard from…, whose protagonist is the artist Claire Fontaine, is opening on March 16th at the venue of Via degli Ausoni 7 in Rome and will be viewable until May 16th. The project by Marcello Smarrelli, artistic director of the Foundation, aims at spreading contemporary art through urban context. Realized in cooperation with A.P.A Agenzia Pubblicità Affisioni, it involves Italian and international artists in the creation of a 400×300 cm manifesto, the dimension adopted by poster designing, exposed both within Pastificio Cerere’s yard and upon various fixtures offered by A.P.A.
Comunistico is realized by reproducing two pages of the last edition of the Zingarelli dictionary, in which words having the same roots of ‘common’, each one listed and explained, can be found. ”The project changes the dimension of the page of the dictionary, decontextualizing it, allowing the audience to understand the inner sense of these words which in most cases deal with the problem of participating, living together, sharing places” –the artist says- “however, the artwork is not hermetically closed: the presence of words like ‘computer’ and ‘compulsive’ stimulates free association of ideas within the readers”.
At the same time, the personal show by Claire Fontaine entitled La Chiave, will open. An ideal prosecution of the themes described within the manifesto.
The project is presented simultaneously with the exhibition at the T293 gallery, at Via dei Leutari 32 in Rome, open to the public from March 17th, day of the inauguration, until May 15th 2012.
