Art Brut from the Courtyard
by Gloria Antezana
1 exhibition hall (1F)
exhibition with two exhibition levels: children and adults
600 works on display
themed exhibition created specifically to be displayed at the Museum
3 years of work
activities for children in the room (starting from the casts of some of the works on display they can colour)
the exhibition in brief
what to expect from this exhibition
An explosion of colors that envelops and disorients! There are so many chickens, rabbits and farmyard animals that observe you from the walls. But not only animals, also women, children, ancestral figures. And then, observing you with curiosity, there are also 510 eyes of masks made from egg cartons.
Below is the text written by the artist Gloria Antezana to present the exhibition:
In this exhibition at the Museum of Rural Civilization in Stabio my intention was to focus on the fact that domestic animals (birds and rabbits and others) have collaborated with human beings since civilization was at its beginning, for survival. In all civilizations of the world the totem revolves around this mutual recognition. So I created pictorial mirrors where the brut world presents itself through the inspiration that these animals have stimulated in my creativity.
The animal is always a domestic, economic support, whether it is food or companionship. In this case I wanted to put them at the center, producing a grateful look.
The world is more sophisticated than we think and these animals are the poetry that is also decorative in our collective unconscious, even if we see them every day, we never stop to really look at them and so I wanted to place my feelings on them in a grateful way.
Nature is poetic and we can never thank it enough.
Gloria Antezana
My name is Gloria Antezana, I grew up in Stabio and I am a poet, artist, painter and art illustrator, Swiss-Chilean and I live in Geneva.
I studied fine arts in Florence, Milan, Paris and Zurich.
My painting is anarchic and obsessive, a journey between figurative, Brut art, and trash art, the poetry of the image walking with color is my path.
I mainly use watercolors, Indian ink, pencil and colored pencils, and on this occasion I used recycled egg cartons in archaic masks.
For me, the vibration of color and the collaborative message between unrelated themes but with similar intentions are important.
I hope I have been able to demonstrate my gratitude with this contribution; for me it is an honor to be exhibited in Stabio, in such an interesting place, in a country that has seen me grow and where many people have supported me and guided my career.