This gallery talk was presented within the context of The Transformative Power of Art exhibition at NYU Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò. Ruggiero engages with questions at the intersection of artistic process, image perception, and the conceptual framing of contemporary fresco.
The conversation expands on themes introduced in the exhibition and in the associated interview, exploring how disciplined making — especially through ancient techniques — provides new thresholds for perception, attention, and symbolic resonance in our cultural landscape.