Family Resemblance — Rome Art Week 2025
“Family Resemblance evokes Wittgenstein’s notion of family likenesses: not a single identical mark that unifies, but a constellation of signs that recall one another, like echoes resonating in the space between works and people. It is within this web of subtle references, unexpected affinities, and differences brushing against each other that the meaning of the exhibition takes shape.”
In this case, the core is that of a Roman family which, over the course of three generations, has interwoven lives and artistic languages, moving from painting to ceramics, from technical design to writing, from photography to music.
Fausto Battelli (1934–2018)
Painter and photographer, the elder brother, he traversed Italian art from the postwar years onward, shifting between photojournalism and society photography, and a pictorial practice ranging from material abstraction to depictions of urban peripheries. His production reflects the tensions, obsessions, and transformations of an era.
Dora Battelli (1931–1981)
Fausto’s sister, mother of Alberto and Stefano. A ceramist with a delicate hand, she combined artisanal skill with creative spirit, leaving a personal and intimate mark within the family tradition.
Antonio D’Amico (1926–1996)
Husband of Dora, father of Alberto and Stefano. Although he worked outside the artistic field, he passionately cultivated his mechanical fascinations: radios, clocks, and technical diagrams. These objects and inventions testify to a different way of making art, straddling craft, time, and imagination, with rare but significant artistic forays.
Alberto D’Amico (1962)
An artist with an unconventional and multifaceted path, moving between cinema and the visual arts, with a taste for hybridity and contamination. He presents his false covers of Urania, reinventing the language of popular science fiction and mass-market publishing. He is also the author of Aenigma, a hybrid book where writing and image intertwine.
Stefano D’Amico (1966)
Graduated in Sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts, he expresses himself through drawings and watercolors of remarkable sensitivity. Alongside his visual practice, he nurtures a passion for singing and for the piano, which he plays “by ear” with dedication, revealing yet another facet of the family’s creativity.
