The Transformative Power of Art and Ideas
Fresco Portraits by Fabrizio Ruggiero
Limonaia di Villa La Pietra, New York University, Florence
26 April – 15 June 2017
The exhibition “The Transformative Power of Art and Ideas”, organized by La Pietra Dialogues, NYU Florence, opened on April 26, 2017 at Villa La Pietra and remained on view until June 15, 2017.
The first section of the exhibition, set in the Limonaia of Villa La Pietra, pays tribute to nine artists and intellectuals who dedicated their visionary and creative talents to social justice, equality, and human dignity.
Portraits
Maya Angelou (USA)
According to Fabrizio Ruggiero, the ancient medium of fresco is the ideal language to portray the human face. Each portrait becomes a map guiding the viewer through the deeper landscape of the soul.
Joan Baez (USA)
Jiddu Krishnamurti (India)
Miriam Makeba (South Africa)
Edgar Morin (France)
Sebastião Salgado (Brazil)
Wole Soyinka (Nigeria)
Gong Li (China)
Malala Yousafzai (Pakistan)
Villa Sassetti Section
The second section of the exhibition focuses on the dialogue between Marcel Duchamp and Vasilij Kandinsky, exploring the creative tension between conceptual art and abstraction.
