until Sunday March 15 2015

Castello di Rivoli
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Piazza Mafalda di Savoia
10098 Rivoli
Italy

A new important exhibition project marks the Castello di Rivoli’s march towards its thirtieth anniversary. Once again it proposes an international event that includes – as is the Museum’s tradition – something that goes beyond a mere collaboration with a prestigious artist to become a veritable challenge, a confrontation on the artist’s part with a venue full of history, to be related with his/her own past and stories, with personal experiences that are themes in works and research. This is the case for the important exhibition the Castello dedicates to the famous French artist Sophie Calle, an unchallenged protagonist on the world art scene, who will present a totally site-specific project for the monumental halls on the second floor of the Sabauda Residence.

The exhibition concept focuses on two important projects the artist has carried forth for some years now: Rachel, Monique and Voir la mer. The comparison of these significant projects proposes two itineraries that are both distinct and united, including works that revolve around themes of affection and emotion, of death, of the analogy mother|sea (madre|mare) at the root of this exhibition’s title: a sea that welcomes and gathers, covers and invests an immensity of contrasting feelings and emotions.