American Beauty is one Red Rose: Created in France, found the adopted country for it in the United States. Here is the most widespread and beloved, it has become here Washington city symbol. It is beautiful and fragile: its petals resist long before wilting, while its stem quickly rots: it is therefore an effective metaphor for American society and its contradictions.
exhibition
“American Beauty” is the title of the show Padua Prepare to welcome the Altinate San Gaetano Cultural Center From September 13th to January 21stwhich will present to the public a selection of 130 works by 120 American artists, which tell the story of the lights and shadows of the United States.
Visiting photography is known as reading the American universe. It starts in black and whitewith absolute masters like Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Capa, Diane Arbus, and Elliott Erwitt, to switch to color portraits of Steve McCurry, Vanessa Beecroft, and Annie Leibovitz.
The way from one room to another, welcomes the creations of the masters of Pop Art (James Rosenquist, Robert Indiana, Andy Warhol), right through to the heroes of Street Art: Keith Haring, Mr. Brainwash, Obey. From Joe Rosenthal’s famous propaganda photo (which glorified the American victory of Iwo Jima over Japan in 1945), to the anarchist revolutions in Banksy’s murals.
Sections, identified by curator Daniel Boussodealing with some of the most important issues to delve deeper into the analysis of American culture and society.
The beginning of the exhibition route is dedicated to patriotismThe American flag is the symbol par excellence named to represent the typical American national attachment. A feast of color and black-and-white photos taken by great international photographers, all committed to immortalizing hundreds of public or private manifestations of American patriotism.
The show continues to try tRepair complex international relations Spun in the last hundred years by the United States. From participation in World War II to the most recent experiences in Afghanistan and Iran.
Another focus analyzes the United States and conflicts Which is consumed not only thousands of kilometers away but also within the home. Many artists, including Banksy and Paul Insect, immortalize an America in turmoil, shaken by urban warfare and the indiscriminate use of firearms; As Steve McCurry recounts the most tragic day for Americans: September 11, 2001. The show also reserves space for the most important topic in social debate (inside and outside the United States), Black Lives Matter.
coordinator
Thus, “American Beauty” explores some of the central aspects of understanding the contradictions that cross American superpowerStarting with the image that perhaps expresses the American spirit more than any other, he explains Coordinator Daniel Bousso – This is the moment when a group of Marines raises the flag on Iwo Jima, pictured by Joe Rosenthal.
The photo became a worldwide hit, though some insiders have questioned its authenticity. Rosenthal was awarded the prestigious Pulitzer Prize.
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