INÉS FONTENLA REQUIEM TERRAE

The concern for the constant deterioration of the earth grows over time. Today we are better informed about the disasters caused by the negligence of man and its consequences. Inés Fontenla with her work highlights the environmental issues; a theme often debated by many people, but only a few truly seek to find a solution. It is difficult to determine whether the artist with her work would like to suggest a call to attention that will result in constructive activities to make the world a less vulnerable place. The truth of the matter is that her denunciation triggers a painful thought: the earth was once a pristine place.

The installation is beautiful and offers simple elements through different levels of meaning. The visitor will find the room covered with several inches of fresh earth. Its intense aroma reminds us of its energy, one can perceive its vitality. A broken glass planisphere rests on the floor. The map of the world had been etched in glass, in a coloured drawing spread over its entire surface. In an artistic action that Fontenla wanted to achieve in the same room, the action of glass breaking itself has been realised. .

Although while reading the installation this moment can be considered as an interesting action to share with the viewer, Fontenla chose to make it with an introspective gesture that was repeated many times in the gestation of many of her works. With the planisphere destroyed, a video is projected with the terrestrial map crumpled like a sheet to be thrown away.

Among the palpable fertility of the earth element and the tragic vision of the map destroyed an enjoyment is perceived, a dramatic beauty, which makes us reflect on this sensitive issue. The transparency and the brightness of the glass are reminiscent of the past that man has ruined with the indiscriminate use of nature: the whole scene puts the viewer in a space of tangible fragility.

This is not the first time that the “Porteña” artist, resident in Italy for 25 years, has developed projects conceptually linked with environmental disasters, focusing her interest on the huge manipulation of natural resources and its consequences. Another recurring theme in her work is the concept of limit, the idea of infinity.

This installation was previously realized in the deconsecrated church of San Fippino in Rome.

Patricia Rizzo
May 2012

Translatione ANNA RITA GIAMMETA

REQUIEM TERRAE

2011 - Roma - Chiesa di San Filippino

BIOGRAFIA

Inés Fontenla, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, currently lives and works in Rome.
She studied design and drawing at the Academies of Fine Arts in Buenos Aires, Madrid and Rome.

Achievements

1976 – Scholarships “Hispanic-American Culture”
1977 – Scholarship to Siena University
1978 – Diploma – San Fernando Academy, Madrid
– Scholarship to Siena University
1979 – Advanced courses, the Academy of Fine Arts of Rome.
1980 – Scholarship to Italo-latinoamericano Institute
1989 – First prize, “Immaginaria 92”.

Personal Exhibitions (principal)
2022 – Milano – Nuova Galleria Morone – “I passi perduti”
2018 – Andora (SV) – Contemporary Culture Center di Palazzo Tagliaferro – “Soglie Mobili. Natura/Cultura/Identità” organized by Viviana Conti and Christine Enrile
2015 – Roma – Macro, Museo D’Arte Contemporanea – “Albedo”
2012 – Buenos aires – C. C. Recoleta. “Requiem Terrae ” – organized by Patricia Rizzo
2011 – Roma – Chiesa di San Filippino – “Requiem Terrae” – organized by Lucrezia Cippitelli.
2009 – Roma – Studio Lovells – organized by Chiara Marzi.
2008 – Berlin – Gallery Artmbassy -“ ‘Tis not too late to seek a newer world”
2007 – Belgrade – Palazzo Italia. “The Ulysses Syndrome” organized by P. Casagrande
2004 – Rome – Studio d’Arte Contemporanea P. Casagrande “Derive” (Driftings), organized by Angela Madesani.
2002 – Rome – University “La Sapienza” Museo Laboratorio, “Alla fine delle utopie”, ( At the end of Utopia) organized
by Simoneta Lux and Domenico Scudero.
2002 – Genoa – Leonardi v-idea Gallery, “Alla fine delle utopie”, organized by Viana Conti.
2000 – Rome – Studio d’Arte Contemporanea P. Casagrande, “Atlantis” organized by C. Casorati
1998 – Buenos Aires – C. C. Recoleta « Mas alla de las columnas de Hercules » (Beyond the columns of Hercules)
organized by A. M. Battistozzi and A. Petrina
1997 – Buenos Aires – Fillo Gallery, “Tierra incognita” ( Unknown Land ) organized by C. Casorati
1995 – Rome – Spazioltre Gallery, “Terra inquieta” ( Unquiet Land ) organized by A. Cocheti and V. Conti
1992 – Spello – Galleria Delle Foglie , organized by G. Bonomi
1990 – Rome – Centro di Sarro, organized by B. Tosi

Group exhibitions (principal)
2023- Bassano in TIverina (VT) – SIC – Parco Internazionale di Scultura Contemporanea “Il giardino dei sentieri che si biforcano”
2021 – Rome – Museo Bilotti “Arte e Natura” Works from Capitoline collection of contemporary Art; organized by A. Arconti, I. Pansino, D. Vasta
Den Haag – Italy/ Netherlands Contemporary Art Biennale “Water and Light” organized by V. Conti
2020 – Bassano in Teverina – Parco Internazionale di Scultura Contemporanea organized by C. Biasini Selvaggi, A. Dambruoso and R. Gramicia.
Rome – Museo di Roma in Trastevere “Le altre opere”
2019 – Genova – Palazzo Ducale Biennale “Le Latitudini dell’arte” organized by V. Conti.
2017 – Romano di Lombardia – Palazzo della Ragione “Chronos” organized by A. Madesani.
2016 – Roma – Macro Museo d’Arte Contemporaneo di Roma “Arte e politica” organized by Costantino D’Orazio
Milan – “La sfida di Aracne” – Nuova galleria Morone a cura di Angela Madesani.
2015 – Milan – “Saleterrarum” – Villa Lita Borreomeo a cura di Angela Madesani
2014 – Milan – “Una solitudine troppo rumorosa”- Nuovagalleriamorone – organized by Angela Madesani.
2014 – Rome – “La grande illusione” – Temple University organized by Manuela De Leonardis
2012 – Piacenza – Galleria Biffi Arte – ” Nostalgia del presente” organized byAngela Madesani.
2011 – Buenos Aires (Argentina) – C. C. Borges – “+doc” organized by Lucrecia Vera Gaumont.
2010 – Roma – “Berlin” – Gallery Dora Diamante organized by Micol de Veroli
2010 – Berlino – Galleria artMbassy – “House warnig” organized byi Chiara Marzi.
2009 – Matera – Pallazo Monacchele – “birds of passage” organized by Federica La Paglia.
Venezia, Isola della Certosa – ”Natura-snaturans” organized by Angela Madesani.
Taranto – Palazzo delli Ponti – “A sud del mondo” organized by Rosalba Branà.
Genazzano (RM) – Centro Internazionale di Arte Contemporanea – Castello Colonna – “Memoria/Memorie” organized by Claudio Libero Pisani.
2008 – Genoa – Museo d’Arte Contemporanea – “Nostalgia – L’instante e la durata del tempo”,
(Nostalgia – The Instant and the Duration of Time ), organized by A. Madesani
2007 – Ushuaia (Argentina)- “Bienal del fin del mundo”( The Biennial of the End of the World)
“Proyecto Patagonia” ( Project Patagonia), organized by A. M. Batistozi.
– Milan – Cascina Roma, “Il viaggio di Eva”( The Journey of Eve ) organized by Angela Madesani
2006 – Rome – Palazzo della Cancelleria, “Un quadro per un fondo” ( A Painting for a Foundation) organized by Paolo Balmas
– Rome – Galleria LAC, “Paesaggio la mente” ( Mind Landscape), organized by Alessio Verzenassi
2005 – Buenos Aires- Museo de la Inmigracion, “Puerto 2005” organized by A. M. Batistozi
– Wisbaden- Bellevue-saal, “Ahnumung und gegenwart” organized by Ulrich Meyer – Husman.
– Venice – 51 Biennale di Venezia, “Isola della poesia” ( Island of Poetry ) organized by Antonio Arevalo
2004 – Genoa – Palazzo della Borsa, “Medesign, forme del Mediterraneo” ( Medesign, Mediterranean Forms )
organized by V. Conti.
– Rome – Italo-Latin American Institute, “Neruda” organized by I. Arestizabal
– Landau- Kunstverein Villa Streccius, “Luft- stucke und stadt- teile” organized by Joerg Katelendar
2003 – Brussels – “Carte Italiane”, ( Italian Papers) organized by Lucia Presilla
2002 – Stockholm – Vasby Konsthall, “Forme di pensiero” ( Thought Forms ) organized by P. Casagrande
2001 – Jakarta – Museum of Indonesia, “Il mare” (The sea) organized by M. Scaringela
Buenos Aires – C. Borges, organized by Irma Arestizabal.
1997 – Brussels – Space Senghor, organized by M. Diusaert
1996 – Bruges, Belgium – Sainhalle, “Ontmoeting”, organized by M. Diusaert
-Palermo, Goethe Institute, “Incontro”, ( Meeting ) organized by P. Ferri
1994 – Spoleto – Galleria d’Arte Moderna, “Disgregante, aggregante” ( Uniting, Dis-uniting )
organized by A.Cochetti.
1993 – Fabriano – Museo della Carta, “Mozart Variations”
– Madrid (Spagna) – Galleria Van Art.
1992 – Milan – Palazzo Durini, “Immaginaria 92”
– Rome – Studio Pino Casagrande
1991 – Ferrara – Milan – Rome “Artae” organized by Achille Bonito Oliva.
Roseto degli Abruzzi (TE) “Ottetto per pittura e scultura” a cura di Lorenzo Mango.

Interviews, Lecture ad Workshops
2015 – Interview Rai – Radio3 Suite
2013 – Roma – Meeting with studente – University of Rom “La Sapienza”
2012 – Buenos Aires – Meeting with studente – Centro Culturale Recoleta
2006 – Milano – Telecom – Italian Project – “Cera una volta la distanza” N° 2
2005 – Roma – Telecom – Italian Project – “Cera una volta la distanza” N° 1
2003 – Roma –Meeting with studente – University of Rome “La Sapienza”

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