The paper aims at discussing the topic of memory in contemporary art by analyzing the case of a huge site specific artwork, 550 meters wide, Triumphs and Laments, that the artist William Kentridge created in 2016 along the banks of the Tiber River in Rome. In the fragility of its forms, this kind of public art plays on the precariousness of the sense of historical memory and on the need for its continuous activation. The extraordinary strength of this work is linked indeed to the awareness of its impermanence, giving it a peculiar vitality, and is connected to the activation of the sense of memory in all of us.
Patella, G. (2019). Kentridge does Rome. Public Art and Memory. In B.D. Nataša Janković (a cura di), Possible Worlds of Contemporary Aesthetics: Aesthetics Between History, Geography and Media. Proceedings 21st International Congress of Aesthetics ICA 2019, Belgrade. Belgrade : University of Belgrade, Faculty of Architecture.
Kentridge does Rome. Public Art and Memory
Patella, G.
2019-01-01
Abstract
The paper aims at discussing the topic of memory in contemporary art by analyzing the case of a huge site specific artwork, 550 meters wide, Triumphs and Laments, that the artist William Kentridge created in 2016 along the banks of the Tiber River in Rome. In the fragility of its forms, this kind of public art plays on the precariousness of the sense of historical memory and on the need for its continuous activation. The extraordinary strength of this work is linked indeed to the awareness of its impermanence, giving it a peculiar vitality, and is connected to the activation of the sense of memory in all of us.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
