When I’m good, I’m very good. But when I’m bad, I’m better. is this a woman without man?
Connie Bellantonio “Ritratti”
Daniela Carati “In un modo o in un altro”
Francesca Galliani in “je suis superbe”, kind of recalling Irina Ionesco
Mery Ellen Mark “Sul set di Satirycon di Fellini”
Zoè Gruni”Copricorpo 1″
Dorothy Hong “Sway girls”
Silvia Levenson “Something wrong”
Paola Mongelli
Shirin Neshat “Mahdokht”
ACT
BLAME the botox
CRASH through the indolence
DEAL with magic
ENHANCE your consciousness
FACE your ambition
GRAB your chance
HOST the passion
INTEGRATE
JAR the japs
KILL the hypocrisy
LEARN
MAKE joyful noise
NOTIFY your attitude
OVERDO the differences
PERSUE the uncertainity
QUIT the indifference
RERSERVE your hate
SPEAK in a loud voice
THINK
UNFOLD yourself
VIOLATE the sanctuary
ZERO fill the stupidity
This is the ALPHABET (Iacona 2009) for the exhibition « Bad Girls : good girls go to heaven, bad girls go everywhere » held in two spaces in Piazza Invrea at the 4r and the 5b, in Genova.
43 artists – three generations of contemporary female artists: Marina Abramovic, Vanessa Beecroft, Connie Bellantonio, Stefania Beretta, Daniela Carati, Silvia Camporesi, Sandra Chiesa, Alessia De Montis, Niki De Saint-Phalle, Tracy Emin, Ivana Falconi, Limbania Fieschi, Francesca Galliani, Nan Goldin, Zoé Gruni, Dorothy Hong, Meret Oppenheim, Carla Iacono, Mirta Kokalj, Noris Lazzarini, Silvia Levenson, Manon, Federica Marangoni, Mary Ellen Mark, Malena Mazza, Paola Mongelli, Charlotte Moormann, Shirin Neshat, Anna Oberto, Yoko Ono, Orlan, Gina Pane, Alessandra Pedonesi, Carol Rama, Elettra Ranno, Bettina Rheims, Gretta Sarfaty, Carolee Schneemann Sandy Skoglund, Berty Skuber, Kiki Smith, Alessandra Vinotto, Laura Zicari for an autoironic message starting in the 40ies and arriving to nowadays, chosen by the curators Caterina Gualco and Clelia Belgrado
Related to the exhibition I went to Odeon (Florence) during its new venture “The Screen of Arts” to watch Shirin Neshat’s film, “Women without Men” , which was presented at Venice Biennale with a green carpet.
I was very upset I could not go to the meeting with the director because of a winter storm that kept me prisoner on the hill where I live.
Terrible yet fascinating faces, bodies recalling painting history in the hammam, and Ophelia, one of my favourite figures ever, even if all very artificial images, still give a portrait of a reality with universal feelings.
julikafrombudapest
