MAXXI Museo nazionale delle arti del XXI secolo

Fiona Tan

27 Mar - 08 Sep 2013

© Fiona Tan
Disorient. HD installation, 2009
Courtesy the artist and Frith Street Gallery, London
FIONA TAN
Inventory
27 March – 8 September 2013

“Rome is a city rich in history, inhabited by archaeological remains and architectural ruins. The ideal place for investigating the relationship between objects and memory” Fiona Tan

This exhibition presents the worldwide debut of Fiona Tan’s latest work, Inventory.
Inventory was born out of the allure of the private home and museum of Sir John Soane, an enthusiastic collector who over two hundred years ago created, within the confines of his own residence, a private monument embodying the appeal of and the architect’s passion for Rome and featuring classical sculptures, fragments and details.

Around Inventory rotate a further three important video works by the artist – Correction, Disorient and Cloud Island – and a series of engravings selected from Piranesi’s series Le Carceri d’Invenzione (Imaginary Prisons), the source of inspiration for Correction and a work that established a fascinating dialogues with the architecture of Zaha Hadid.
 

Tags: Zaha Hadid, Fiona Tan