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september 27, 2018 - Palazzo Strozzi
Marina Abramović. The Cleaner, at Palazzo Strozzi in Florence
The tragedy of the war in Bosnia in the 1990s provided the inspiration for Balkan Baroque (1997), which earned Abramović the Leone d'Oro at the Venice Biennale in 1997 and which became a metaphor against all wars. In the #performance the artist washes 1,500 ox bones, one by one, in a dark cellar, scraping pieces of flesh and cartilage off the bones while singing traditional Serbian songs.
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Thanks to Palazzo Strozzi's renewed cooperation with the Opera di Santa Maria del Fiore, two works will exceptionally be on display in the #museo dell'Opera del Duomo in dialogue with such masterpieces as Michelangelo's Bandini Pietà. The works are a photograph of the Pietà (Anima Mundi) (1983/2002) and the video entitled The Kitchen V, Carrying the Milk (2009). In the former, Marina Abramović revisits the sacred iconography of the Pietà, while in the latter she pays tribute to the mystic Saint Therese of Avila.
In conjunction with the Opera di Santa Maria del Fiore we will also be marketing a special joint ticket (€ 16.00 full price; € 6.00 concession for schools) admitting the holder to the Palazzo Strozzi exhibition, the Baptistry of San Giovanni and the #museo dell'Opera del Duomo.
On Saturday 22 September, at 15.30 the artist will be speaking at a special #event, tickets for which are sold out, entitled Marina Abramović Speaks organised by the Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi at the Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino. Talking to Arturo Galansino, the artist will address some of the themes in her existential and creative development, reviewing the stages in her career from the early days in Serbia and her early success in Italy to her most recent and important performances all over the world.
The exhibition is organised by the Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi and produced by Moderna Museet, Stockholm in conjunction with the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk and the Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn. Curated by Arturo Galansino, Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi, and Lena Essling, Moderna Museet, with Tine Colstrup, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, and Susanne Kleine, Bundeskunsthalle. With the support of the Comune di #firenze, the Camera di Commercio di #firenze, the Regione Toscana and the Associazione Partners Palazzo Strozzi. With the contribution of the Fondazione CR #firenze. Sponsor: Unipol Gruppo.
Marina Abramović. The Cleaner
Florence, Palazzo Strozzi
21 september 2018-20 january 2019
T. +39 055 2645155 www.palazzostrozzi.org
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