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Silvia Giambrone and Fabrizio Pizzuto
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Manet’s Olympia and the Modernity of Unfulfilled Sensuality
I’d begin by discussing some attitudes in Manet’s practice that still make him relevant today, Olympia might come in handy for this purpose. Manet here wishes to update Titian (just as he will with Goya) bringing him to a register which isn’t courtly, but merely appears to be. In Olympia’s slanted eyeline we find Titian’s Venus of Urbino: imposing, sinuous and fleshy, with a black backdrop on the left and an...
Foreword – Silvia Giambrone
Archeologia Domestica Vol.1 presents Silvia Giambrone’s research through a collection of recent works. These are made with a variety of techniques, from modified ready-mades, to engravings, scans and other reproduction techniques. These images often reveal traces, in a semiotic sense, they are the testimony of domestic objects. We are faced with perplexing juxtapositions that cause our minds to skip, oscillating...