PORTRAIT OF THE UNKNOWN THE ARTIST CALLED BANKSY

PORTRAIT OF THE UNKNOWN

The artist called BANKSY

PALERMO

LOGGIATO SAN BARTOLOMEO – TRINACRIA PALACE

15 February 2021 – 19 February 2021

Edited by Gianluca Marziani, Stefano Antonelli, Acoris Andipa

PALERMO. She had applied for event exhibitions of the year, but Covid decided otherwise: “ Portrait of an unknown. An artist called Banksy ”  in Palermo  had to close its doors just a month after the inauguration.

But entering Sicily’s yellow zone allows you to reopen the doors from tomorrow (Monday 15 February). An opportunity not to be missed especially for the exhibition on Banksy which will only be open for five days – it was supposed to close in mid-January, it has been extended until next Friday – then it will have to leave for its new home.

Therefore, the unique opportunity to visit the two sections should not be missed: the works of Banksy, on loan from important private collections, are divided between the Loggiato San Bartolomeo, satellite site of the Sant’Elia Foundation; and Palazzo Trinacria of the “Pietro Barbaro” Foundation. You enter with a single ticket  (which can be purchased from tomorrow at the ticket office on site and on the Vivaticket platform), from 8.30 to 21 (last entry at 20), for limited groups of only 30 visitors every 15 minutes.  The curators  Gianluca Marziani ,  Stefano Antonelli  and  Acoris Andipa have picked up on the suggestion of Antonello da Messina’s oil on panel and Sicilian artistic production, transforming it into the ideal inspiration for the themes of an artist that no one has ever seen, yet capable of conquering the world through works of great ethical, evocative and thematic. The exhibition was born from the collaboration between  MetaMorfosi ,  the Sant’Elia Foundation and the Pietro Barbaro Foundation , under the patronage of the Municipality of Palermo and the Metropolitan City, and brings together  over 100 original pieces , including freehand paintings from the very early period and serigraphs, unpublished works, installation objects. Palazzo Trinacria  instead houses an unprecedented  Ark which welcomes Banksy’s “animals”, mice and monkeys, including the famous ” Mickey Snake”  with Mickey Mouse swallowed by a python. Among the pieces on display, the ” Girl with Balloon”  (in 2017 defined as the most loved work by the British according to a survey conducted by Samsung), ” Love is in the Air” , the famous boy who throws a bunch of flowers as if was a hand grenade; “ Bomb Hugger”  (2003) or “ Bomb Love ” (first title given by Banksy), published during the demonstrations in Great Britain against the joint intervention with the USA against Iraq.

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