Museo del Gioiello
Piazza dei Signori
36100 Vicenza
Italia
Seals: Signs and Identity
Sigilli: Segni e Identità
Until 7th May 2017
The new temporary exhibition “Seals: Signs and Identity curated by Anna Fornari, will run alongside the biennial display and be arranged into two sections: a historical-archaeological area with 20 wearable seals and seal-objects from the La Spezia Civic Museum seal collection, dating from the fourth millennium BC to the 1940s, and a creative-artistic one with 50 creations that include installations devised and created by Anna Fornari herself.
The exhibition pays homage to the fascinating world of seals providing further information on the meaning of "signs" as representative of symbolic evolutions that have, over the millenniums, shaped the structure of social relations. By combining Anna Fornari's jewellery with specimens from the Seal Museum's Capellini-Banfi collection, the exhibition binds and unites history, modern art and universal communication systems starting from learning about the birth of the seal matrix and its evolution as the maximum tool for affirming its owner's identity. The most ancient mechanisms of matrix and imprint, that game of empty and full relief work, light and dark, mirror and image, are re-processed in creations defined by the lack of a pre-established right and wrong side. It was this double value of identifying and identification that led to the idea of retrieving the meaning of the seal.
La nuova mostra temporanea “Sigilli: Segni e Identità” curata da Anna Fornari è articolata in due sezioni: storico-archeologica, con 20 sigilli indossabili e sigilli-oggetto, provenienti dalla collezione del Museo Civico del Sigillo di La Spezia dal IV millennio a.C. sino agli anni ’40; creativa-artistica con 50 creazioni comprensive di installazioni ideate e realizzate dalla stessa Anna Fornari.
L’esposizione rende omaggio all’affascinante mondo dei sigilli approfondendo il significato dei “segni” rappresentativi delle evoluzioni simboliche che hanno formato, nel corso dei millenni, l’impalcatura delle relazioni sociali. L’accostamento tra i gioielli realizzati da Anna Fornari e gli esemplari della raccolta Capellini-Banfi del Museo del Sigillo vuole proporre un connubio e unire storia, arte contemporanea e sistemi di comunicazione universali partendo dalla conoscenza della nascita e dell'evoluzione della matrice sigillare, come massimo strumento di affermazione dell'identità del proprietario. I meccanismi più antichi della matrice e dell’impronta, del gioco tra vuoto e pieno, luce e ombra, specchio e riflesso, vengono rielaborati in creazioni definite dalla mancanza di un dritto e di un rovescio prestabiliti. Nasce da qui l’idea di recuperare il significato del sigillo nella sua doppia valenza: identificante e identificativa.
Opening hours: Tuesday to Friday 3pm to 7pm - Saturday and Sunday 11am to 7pm
Admission: € 6
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Seals: Signs and Identity - Vicenza - Until 7-5-2017
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