Artemisia Gentileschi (1593). A modern artist, unknown to the general public. Between violence and feminism ante litteram |
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2012/01/03 |
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MILAN - On display are the works by Artemisia Gentileschi, a modern artist, unknown to the general public. Between violence and feminism ante litteram
The work of Artemisia Gentileschi, on show at the Palazzo Reale in Milan until January 22, is characterized by a precise theme: that of the violence perpetrated against her, reworked in a mature and aware way yet also very modern. Artemisia's art is not feminine, but minimally declined to it; otherwise we can say that "she paints as she wants, what she wants" (Roberto Contini, exhibition curator). She had all the mighty of the earth at her feet, asking her works all the time.
The aim of the exhibition is to show what she is made of. Friend of Galileo, sought by the Barberini family, the Viceroys, by France and Charles I of England, the artist painted for the mighty. Francesco Solinas, exhibition co-curator, talks about her as a "male painter of the highest quality", using the male form that restores dignity to her both as an artist and as a woman.
Who was she influenced by? By his father in the first place, Orazio Gentileschi, and then Cristofano Allori and Simone Vouet. Painters, great men, great dukes and cardinals.
Today even Emma Dante, contemporary Sicilian director, feminist, is attracted and fascinated by her: she thinks her art is really modern, looks at her as an artist and then as a woman, and she also catches the sweetness of her works. "Artemisia makes love while painting", said the director in an interview. In Cleopatra, in Minerva, in the Virgin Mary, in the Magdalene, in women she found the passion that must have characterized his life first, and then his work. But in Judith Slaying Holofernes, in particular - emblematic work of the exhibition - it emerges the pride of the artist, who suffered sexual violence as a young girl at the hands of Tassi.
The exhibition is open until January 22 at the Palazzo Reale in Milan. For info: www.mostrartemisia.it
On the cover: Simon Vouet, Portrait of Artemisia Gentileschi, oil on canvas, 90x71cm, privatecollection, Archi Alinari, Florence. Courtesy of the Ministry of Heritage and Culture
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