Marcello Maloberti, CUORE MIO, 2019. Photocredit: T-Space Studio. Courtesy: Marcello Maloberti Studio, Fondazione Stazione dell'Arte, Fondazione di Sardegna.
event
Wednesday 19 June 2019 -

Performance.Marcello Maloberti. Cuore Mio

curated by Davide Mariani
Museum Hall – free entrance

During the Maria Lai. Tenendo per mano il sole exhibit, Ulassai, the artist’s birthplace, moves to the Museum.

Removing the sign from the entrance of Ulassai and bringing it to Rome, the artist, Marcello Maloberti, with a simple but effective gesture, metaphorically takes charge of the entire population through a solemn and rigorous performance characterised by a strong reference to Sardinia, which is further invoked by the clumps of earth at the base of the poles that support the sign.

That small town, clinging to the heels of the province of Ogliastra, no longer looks at the art of Maria Lai with suspicion but it stands there, together with her, to witness the deep bond between the artist and her roots, in a sort of declaration of love. It is no coincidence that Maloberti chose to call his action Cuore Mio, taking inspiration from a story by Salvatore Cambosu (Miele Amaro, 1954), a friend and mentor of Lai, the main character of which, Maria Pietra, turns into stone to save her loved child, Cuore Mio, from an eternal condemnation.

The performance will take place again in Ulassai, Piazza Barigau, on 21st September at 5:00 p.m.

A Fondazione Stazione dell’Arte and Fondazione di Sardegna project, within the “AR/S – Arte condivisa in Sardegna” and “Sentieri Contemporanei” joint project.

an event within

exhibition
19 June 2019 > 12 January 2020

Maria Lai. Tenendo per mano il sole

exhibition
28 September 2019 > 29 September 2019

Videogallery.Maria Lai. Film screening

other events of the Maria Lai cycle

education

Free guided tour.From the Collection to Maria Lai. Tenendo per mano il sole

12 January 2020 12.00 pm
education

Omaggio a Maria Lai.Libri tattili e opere in braille

11 January 2020 > 12 January 2020