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In our shallow present-day, there is always the risk of images being interpreted superficially, creating a facile emotion or a cursory aesthetic. We often forget the fact that images, and especially those generated by the arts, are in reality a product of the memory, not of the moment of perception, which is only a trigger.
The plates by Pierre Marquès for Tout sera oublié by Mathias Énard resemble the pages of a diary of reflections in an itinerary of consciousness in certain circles of contemporary hell: they are plates for an impossible monument/admonition if the present-day continues to be devoid of consciousness; they are, on the other hand, images for a collective memory if we truly want to gain a responsible understanding of our history.

The exhibition will be open until 3 April at the following times:
– Tuesday to Saturday: 9.30 am-1.00 pm and 2.30 pm-6.00 pm (Saturday until 7.00 pm)
– Sunday: 10.30 am-12.30 am and 4.00-7.00 pm

Pierre Marquès

Pierre Marquès was born in Béziers, France in 1970 and since 1998 has lived and worked in Barcelona. His artistic production includes painting, stencils, classic drawing, visual poetry, photography, installations, urban art and videos.
Parallel to this, the artist has worked on historical memory through landscapes.
He has held exhibitions in major European and international galleries.
He has collaborated with Mathias Énard, illustrating his books Bréviaire des artificiers (Italian translation: Breviario per aspiranti terroristi, 2009), Mangée Mangée, Un conte balkanique et terrifique (2009) and Tout sera oublié (2013).
He is currently working on a new painting project that focuses on the issues of climate change and its consequences on the environment and the way we live.

Angelo Bertani
Angelo Bertani, art critic and historian, was art director of the annual Hic et Nunc contemporary art exhibition from 1992 to 2005. Between 2008 and 2015 he curated a number of exhibition projects on sculptor and designer Harry Bertoia and in 2016 the exhibition Elettrodomesticità. Design e Innovazione nel Nord-Est da Zanussi a Electrolux. He has worked with the Centro Iniziative Culturali Pordenone (Pordenone Cultural Initiatives Centre) for many years and since 2006 has headed the visual arts initiatives organised by the Colonos Cultural Association. In 2018, as part of Dedica, he presented the exhibition L’immagine del ritorno dedicated to the photographs of Atiq Rahimi, in 2019 the exhibition on Inti Ocon, ¡Yo estoy con vos, mi Nicaragua!, in 2020 on Elio Ciol, Libya Infelix. Antiche rovine su cui costruire una nuova storia, and in 2021 Luci a Nordest. Immagini e parole dal Friuli Venezia Giulia on Ulderica da Pozzo and Paolo Rumiz, Un infinito narrare, with illustrations by Cosimo Miorelli, and Gerundio inverso on Paolo Rumiz.