Reflections on Homemade: Artist Conversations
Magazzino Italian Art presents a live streamed conversation with four of the artists who participated in Homemade—Alessandro Teoldi, Danilo Correale, Davide Balliano and Maria D. Rapicavoli—along with Vittorio Calabrese, Director of Magazzino Italian Art, and Chiara Mannarino, Assistant Curator of Homemade, to discuss the project and culminating exhibition currently on view at Magazzino Italian Art until September 7, 2020.
It took place on Wednesday, August 5, 2020 at 12:00 p.m. EST
From July 9 through September 7, 2020, Magazzino presented Homemade, a special exhibition of new work created by eight New York-based Italian artists—including Alessandro Teoldi, Andrea Mastrovito, Beatrice Scaccia, Danilo Correale, Davide Balliano, Francesco Simeti, Luisa Rabbia, and Maria D. Rapicavoli—during the global quarantine. Originally launched as part of the Magazzino da Casa’s digital program, Homemade culminated with an in-person exhibition of the final artworks created over the project’s two-month duration, which opened to the public on July 10, 2020.
Over the course of two weekends, June 12 – 13 and June 26 – 27, 2021, Magazzino Italian Art will premiere the fourth iteration of annual film series Cinema in Piazza presented in partnership with the Cold Spring Film Society. Returning back to the museum’s central courtyard, visitors will have the opportunity to watch new films related to past museum exhibitions, artist films, and classics of Italian cinema. This year’s series is presented in collaboration with Artecinema and Instituto Luce.
Magazzino Italian Art presents a live streamed conversation with four of the artists who participated in Homemade—Andrea Mastrovito, Beatrice Scaccia, Francesco Simeti, and Luisa Rabbia.
Magazzino Italian Art will begin welcoming the public back to the museum starting Friday, July 10, 2020 in accordance with state, regional, and local guidelines of the phased reopening of the Mid-Hudson region. Find out more information on Magazzino’s summer programming, as well as new health and safety protocols.
Alessandro Teoldi (b. 1987, Milan, Italy) is an artist whose practice involves textiles, sculpture, drawing and painting. In his work, Teoldi hints at the dissociative trauma of separation and creatively transforms the human need to establish affective connections with simple, everyday materials into intimate artistic mediations.
Francesco Simeti (b. 1968, Palermo, Italy) is known for his site-specific installations using wallpapers, sculptures, and 3D collage.
Beatrice Scaccia (b. 1978, Frosinone, Italy) is an artist and writer. Her visual works, which take the form of drawings, paintings, and digital animations, explore the absurdity of the human condition.
Maria D. Rapicavoli (b. 1976, Catania, Italy) is an artist whose practice developed from a background in photography, film, and video, and has expanded to include sculpture and site-specific installation.
Luisa Rabbia (b. 1970, Turin, Italy) is an artist whose practice encompasses drawing, painting, sculpture, and video.
Andrea Mastrovito (b. 1978, Bergamo, Italy) is a multimedia artist whose practice is characterized by its constant evolution.
Danilo Correale (b. 1982, Naples, Italy) is an artist and researcher whose work investigates labor, leisure, and laziness as metaphorical lenses into the post-modern sociopolitical and economic landscape.