Matteo Basilé

Quel che resta della Transavanguardia2006


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What remains of an avant-garde, posed once more.

Eighteenth-century wigs, masks, painted bodies: the first chapter takes up the great tradition of Italian painting and turns it into photographic theatre. An ironic, affectionate farewell to the generation that came before.

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The Saints Are Coming
2007

Saints, popes and pietàs in royal palaces and Roman cisterns.

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Matteo Basilé, The Saints Are Coming