Luca Monterastelli is delighted to present his upcoming individual installation, ‘Storia di un onest’uomo’, which will take place in Bologna at the Oratorio San Filippo Neri. The exhibition is curated by Alessandro Rabottini and is realised thanks to the collaboration with the Lia Rumma Gallery and the Fondazione del Monte.
The site-specific installation offers a new interpretation of the objects from the Oratory, creating a landscape where the elements are arranged in barricades. This creates an atmosphere that evokes an elusive narrative plot. The scenario is designed as a refuge, a den, a sheltered space that satisfies our need for protection in a world that is in constant emergency and daily announces its imminent crisis.
Monterastelli’s research focuses on investigating the forms of political discourse and their influence on communities. His work reaches its climax in ‘Storia di un onest’uomo’. The artist devotes himself to sculpture as a sign applied to the body and reflects on the coercive power of political narration. Monterastelli’s exhibition highlights the contradiction between the desire to withdraw from the risks of the contemporary world and the constant presence of the Real. The Real returns unstoppably, knocking insistently at our doors.
In ‘Storia di un onest’uomo’, Monterastelli prompts readers to contemplate the intricate relationship between individuals and society. The novel explores the delicate balance between the desire for security and the necessity to confront the harsh realities of the world around us, which inevitably make themselves known.