Roberta Pugno @ Rome Art Week

Roberta Pugno

Roberta Pugno, born in Bolzano and graduated in Literature and Philosophy, has held 70 solo exhibitions, 150 group exhibitions, and published 14 catalogs. She is the artistic director of the IPAZIA Odv Association and co-curator of *PSYCHE and ART*. Her im

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Roberta Pugno was born in Bolzano and graduated in Literature and Philosophy under the guidance of Carlo Ginzburg. She has held over sixty solo exhibitions, more than one hundred and fifty group exhibitions, and published fourteen catalogs. Since 2010, she has served as the artistic director of the IPAZIA Odv Association. She is one of the curators of the publication of the six PSYCHE and ART conferences (2013-2019). Her images have been used as covers for philosophy books by the Moretti & Vitali publishing house and the Editions of the Scuola Normale Superiore. Recently, she conceived and directed the show *LINEA SUONO IMMAGINE* at Teatro Basilica in Rome.

Main solo exhibitions include: Studio d'Arte Il Moro, Florence 1989, Italian Cultural Institute, Munich (Germany) 1989, Castello di Canossa, Canossa (R.E.) 1993, Museo delle Mura Aureliane, Rome 1996, Palazzetto dell'Arte, Foggia 1997, Palazzo Chigi-Zondadari, S. Quirico d'Orcia (SI) 1998, Palazzo Barberini, Rome 1999, Il Mauriziano Casa dell'Ariosto, Reggio Emilia 2000, Castello Aragonese, L'Aquila 2003, American Academy, Rome 2003, Villa Piccolomini, Rome 2005, Palazzo Altieri, Oriolo Romano (VT) 2006, Sant'Ivo alla Sapienza, Rome 2006, Egyptian Embassy, Rome 2007, Palazzo Valentini, Rome 2008, Palazzo Venezia and Castel Sant'Angelo, Rome 2009, Galleria d'arte moderna e contemporanea, Latina 2010, Museo Bilotti, Rome 2012, Palazzo Sforza-Cesarini, Genzano di Roma, 2014, Cascina Farsetti, Rome 2014, Galleria della Biblioteca Angelica, Rome 2016, Case Romane del Celio, Rome 2018, Virus Art Gallery, Rome 2019, San Giovanni a Teduccio (NA) 2020, Cartiera Latina, Rome 2021, Arte Borgo Gallery and Curio Collection by Hilton, Rome 2022. Among group exhibitions abroad: Sofia (Bulgaria), Schwelm (Germany), Melbourne (Australia), Ghent (Belgium), Barcelona (Spain).
She has collaborated with galleries such as Eralov, EdiEuropa, and André in Rome; Helga Wicher Gallery, Wuppertal (Germany); Kontraste Gallery, Pietrasanta; Zammarchi Gallery, Milan; Granelli Gallery, Livorno; Astuni Gallery, Fano; Urs Aebi Kunstgalerie, Lucerne (Switzerland).
Catalogs include: *La donna e lo straniero*, *Gilgamesh re di Uruk*, *Materia e respiro*, *L'audaci imprese io canto*, *La terra l'acqua l'uomo*, *Le voci del rifiuto Giordano Bruno*, *L'universo tutto infinito*, *Pensiero interno*, *Uomo donna infinito*, *Materia Energia Pensiero*, *Nasce da dentro*, *Materia Infinita*, *Terrafuoco*, *La rivolta del pensiero*, and *Immagineparola*.

Her work has been written about by various critics, including Fulvio Abbate, M. Pia Ammirati, Raffaella Bozzini, Gianni Bulian, Silvia Chiodi, Michele Ciliberto, Rosa Cipollone, Mario De Candia, Fabio D’Achille, Antonio Di Micco, Cinzia Folcarelli, Hilary Gatti, Hussein Mahmoud, Claudio Marra, Tommaso Paloscia, Giovanni Pettinato, Sergio Rispoli, Ingrid Rowland, Claudio Strinati, and Marcello Venturoli. Official website: www.robertapugno.it, curated by Cristian Rossi.

PROGRAM
AROUND THE LINE. The focus of Roberta Pugno’s latest research is the line in its various modes of expression. A human mental creation (as it doesn’t exist in nature), it is closely linked to time and the construction of identity. It is purely thought, which can be made perceivable by the hand, in painting, writing, or music. Sometimes, as in Rothko, the line is not visible but, connected to internal sound and sensitivity, is expressed in indistinct forms or layers of color. On these themes, the artist-philosopher will engage in dialogue with Cinzia Folcarelli and the public, discussing her modulation of “the line” through color, matter, and unconscious intelligence. In the studio, you will also find a rich array of explanatory materials, the *IMMAGINEPAROLA* catalog, and the *PSYCHE and ART* publication.

Friday, October 25, 2024, 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM:
AROUND THE LINE
Cinzia Folcarelli (art critic and historian) interviews Roberta Pugno (painter and artistic director of IPAZIA Association).

Saturday, October 26, 2024, 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Visit to the artist-philosopher's studio.
THE WONDER OF CAVE PAINTINGS (6:30 PM)
Images and words with Emilio Rivetti (architect).

Sunday, October 27, 2024, 5:00 PM - 8:30 PM:
OPEN STUDIO
A reading of the works between line, matter, and unconscious intelligence.

Cinzia Folcarelli, art critic and historian, curates exhibitions and contemporary art events in Italy and abroad in institutional, public, and private spaces. She is the author of critical texts for personal and collective exhibition catalogs and monographs. Founder and director of the website www.galleriadarteonline.it since 2004, she collaborates with art magazines, websites, radio, and television broadcasters. She has worked with the Press Office of the Special Superintendence for the Roman Museum Pole, with the Editorial Laboratory of the University of Rome Tre, and with numerous galleries. She also collaborates with the Rome office of eCampus University for curating contemporary artists' exhibitions.

Emilio Rivetti was born in Latina and graduated in Architecture. He has designed interiors and realized two villas in the Agro Pontino area, and has overseen construction projects in Rome and its province. Always active in the art world, he has curated exhibitions for the IPAZIA Odv Association, organizing and setting them up at Palazzo Valentini, Palazzo Venezia, Villa De Santis, the Roman Houses on the Caelian Hill, and in private galleries. He has participated in several editions of the RAW (Rome Art Week) at the IPAZIA studio in Via Benzoni. He collaborated on the Per Appiam art exhibition from 2012 to 2021. In Avetrana, he worked on a conference and an art exhibition. He was among the main participants in the recent performance about the "line" at the Teatro Basilica.