“This Imago Mundi exhibition at the Fondazione Giorgio Cini in Venice has a very special significance for me. The vast numbers of artists present, from over 40 countries, in a certain sense reproduce the world I would ideally like. A world without borders and without political, ideological or religious barriers. Where people work for beauty. And where diversity and freedom of expression are seen as a great wealth. If it were up to artists, I often say, there would be no wars.
So, if these are utopian thoughts, our Map of the New Art is a global catalogue of visions that also includes the country of Utopia, where art and reflections on art coexist. Opposing worlds and views. Anticipations of the future that form the future.” — Luciano Benetton
Outside installation designed by the architect Tobia Scarpa. Five flags, each displaying a work representing one of the five continents. (Photo by Marco Zanin/FABRICA)
Installation view of Imago Mundi, Map of the New Art. (Photo by Marco Pavan/FABRICA)
Tobia Scarpa designed the special exhibition structure, in a long sequence of images, presented by country. (Photo by Marco Zanin/FABRICA)
A unique format, 10×12 cm, for artists from every continent. More than twenty thousand from one hundred countries by the end of 2015. (Photo by Marco Zanin/FABRICA)
ALGERIA Abdo Shanan, I am, Mixed media on canvas, 2014
AUSTRALIA Margaret Lewis Napangardi, Untitled, Acrylic on linen, 2012
BRAZIL Eduardo Kobra, Pieces, Varnish on canvas, 2014
BULGARIA Desislava Unger, Stop thinking, start drawing, Book object, 3 pages, drawing, collage on wood plates, 2014
CARIBBEAN Rolando Peña, Einstein’s Barrel, Digital image on canvas, 2013
CUBA Roberto Fabelo, A Siren, Mixed media on canvas, 2013
CUBA Roberto Fabelo, Romantic rhinoceros, Mixed media on canvas, 2013
DENMARK Troels Vörsel, Untitled, Oil on canvas, 2014
GREECE Maria Papadimitriou, Family Reunion, Collage, 2014
ISRAEL Ghassan Abu Laban, Untitled, Oil painting, 2014
ITALY Mimmo Paladino, Harmonia, Drawing, 2014
JORDAN Hafiz Kassis, Eye of Envy, Mosaic, 2014
MEXCO Arturo Hernández Alcázar, Untitled, Seal and ink on canvas, 2014
NORTH KOREA Chang Sol Hwa, Tulip, Embroidery, 2013
SPAIN Luis Gordillo, Pájaros en junio, Acrylic on canvas and staples, 2014
THAILAND Attasit Pokpong, Untitled, Watercolour on paper, 2014
TIBET Losang Gyatso, Untitled, Mixed media, 2013
TUNISIA Slim Zahra (Slown), The Bride of Frida, Acrylic on canvas, 2014
The exhibition stands close like the pages of a book. The structure is easy to transport and install, supporting the itinerant aims of the collections. (Photo by Marco Pavan/FABRICA)
Images courtesy Imago Mundi – Luciano Benetton Collection, Map of the New Art and Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Island of San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice
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