Exhibitions, Italy, Roma, 28 October 2014
QVC Italy presents "DonneXDonne" an unprecedented exhibition of photographs of the women, to support Breast Health International (BHI) in the development of research and treatment of breast cancer and providing assistance to women affected by the disease and their families.
An event aimed at women and not only created by Chiara Pariani, Director of Marketing and E-Commerce QVC Italy, curated by Manuela De Leonardis with the organizational support of Room 21, which will be staged from 28 October to 8 November in Rome , in the extraordinary space of the Gallery of the harpsichord at the Palazzo Borghese.
"The focus is on women, first of all, the project has risen from a strong commitment to the women. Women are the common denominator of this event created, interpreted and intended to them. "- Says Clare Pariani and continues -" We believe that art and culture are producers of value. The project represents a unique opportunity for QVC to strengthen the relationship with the community through a different medium than television or the web. In addition, we are particularly sensitive to activities that focus on women, because the female world is the target of choice in which we operate. "
"The camera photographs the unknown" is the phrase the American writer Susan Sontag that inspired the show. "I wanted to shed light on an unknown rare, potentially threatening as inexplicably warm, in which the presence and absence chasing each other. Capturing fears and desires, dreams and tension, enthusiasm and pains externalizing a deep part of the self, in fact, is liberating and triggers psychological dynamics that is no longer sure what the real results in imagery, "said Manuela De Leonardis, curator of the exhibition "DonneXDonne" that QVC Italy shares with a great sensitivity to social issues, putting in service of charitable causes, in the specific case of Breast Health International, its know-how.
The photographs, selected by De Leonardis are signed by 25 international artists - Lucia Baldini, Alessandra Baldoni, Eliana Child, Marina Cavazza, Annalisa D'Angelo, Anna di Prospero, Simona Filipinos, Susan Harbage Page, Simona Ghizzoni, Maimouna Guerresi, Archana Hande, Riitta Ikonen & Karoline Hjorth, Francesca Leonardi, Rania Matar, Malena Mazza, Malekeh Nayiny, Valentina Parisi, Alice Pavesi Flowers, Daniela Perego, Giada Ripa, Virginia Ryan, Larissa Sansour, Rita Soccio, Ivana Spinelli, Cristina Vatielli.
"The female body - the subject of the course - including the creation of the self-portrait and is the setting of symbolic constructions in which the camera is a companion text, page after page of a diary that became choir," says the curator.
"A polyptych female", however, is the definition of Mario Peliti, director with Paola Cavazza Stace Gallery of harpsichord that hosts the exhibition, in which the photograph confirms its nature and vocation antimimetica metaphorical.
On the edge of emotions and instincts, then, are defined images that reveal, in all their vulnerability, the "desire to defile her innocence", taking once again borrow the words of Sontag.
During the vernissage on October 28, there will be a photo shoot where some of the guest artists protagonists realize that they want a portrait with the common thread, a string of red wool, which is precisely the theme of the campaign in support of the Foundation Breast Health International united against breast cancer. Part of the proceeds of this activity and the sale of the works on display, it will be donated to BHI.
The exhibition "DonneXDonne" is part of a wider program of activities for the month of October, which saw QVC Italy alongside Breast Health International for the fourth consecutive year by selling an exclusive Bliss and a multi-media campaign that has involved many different platforms, from social media to the major Italian newspapers, from TV to radio and billboards in many Italian cities.
With this project, QVC, the shopping and entertainment media retailer, is renewing its engagement on the issues of social interest and collective offering through new channels of communication message of awareness and participation.
QVC: the retailer's shopping and entertainment media, was established in 1986 in the United States. Today is the second largest television network in the US with sales of $ 8.6 billion and operates as a global multimedia retailer with over 13 million customers in the United States, Britain, Germany, Japan, Italy and China, a country which was launched the joint venture with CNR Mall. QVC offers products of the best brands of jewelry, fashion, beauty, home and electronics. The Italian office is located in a building at the forefront in terms of environmental sustainability and home recording studios that feature the latest technology, in addition to a call center. The team is led by Gregg Bertoni as CEO
Breast Health International: was founded in Philadelphia in 1990 on the initiative of Dr. Gordon Schwartz, one of the most respected American surgeons and his wife Shelley. The main objective of the foundation is to work closely with the best professionals in the world to find a cure for breast cancer, while offering concrete support in support of the charges not covered by national health systems and / or by 'health insurance, such as: assistance to infants or the elderly to enable women to have access to treatments and controls, home care after surgery, transport to and from the hospital, care for the skin and wigs during chemotherapy. For more information, visit the website: www.breasthealthinternational.com
Manuela De Leonardis (Rome, 1966), historian and art critic, independent curator. He writes about visual arts on the poster / Alias Exibart, art to part of cult (ure). With Postcart published Face to face with the great photographers - Vol. I (2011), Face to face with the great photographers and video artists - Vol. II (2012); Face to face with the artists who work with photography - Vol. III (2013) and editor of Cake. The culture of desserts including traditional Arab and West (2013), art & food book in support of Bait al Karama Women's Center in Nablus (Palestine). As an independent curator he organized, coordinated and curated several exhibitions, including: Italy country of the Sixties: Sardinia, Basilicata, Calabria in the photographs of Mario Carbone, in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute of Lille (2007); Susan Harbage Harbage Page. The tearing of the story, talk with lace - House of Memory and History, Rome (2013); Franco Cenci. A story found, Acta International, Rome (2013); The Grand Illusion / The Great Illusion, Gallery of Art - Temple University, Rome (2014); II Biennial of Glass in Sansepolcro, Arezzo (2014); Mitsuko Nagone. New Self, New to Self, FotoGrafia - International Festival of Rome, Doozo, Rome (2014). Room 21 has worked with projects Of It. Women tell of global (2009) and Home (2009).
Room 21 is an association of photographers, curators, teachers, students and enthusiasts of the visual arts founded in Rome by admin Filipinos in 2008. Society for the diffusion of contemporary photography, the promotion of the work of photographers partners, the production of exhibitions and the 'project design and photo labs. Over time, Room 21 was also in charge of projects for women like about her: Global Women tell; Feminine plural. The body is mine and I am a photographer; Diary of a frail body.
"DonneXDonne. QVC and fine art photography in support of BHI - Breast Health International, "the brainchild of Clare Pariani
by Manuela De Leonardis Organization: Room 21
Gallery Cymbal - Palazzo Borghese, Largo della Fontanella Borghese, 19 - Rome
(28 October-8 November 2014)
Vernissage: Tuesday, October 28 at 18:30
Artist: Lucia Baldini, Alessandra Baldoni, Eliana Child, Marina Cavazza, Annalisa D'Angelo, Anna Di Prospero, Simona Filipinos, Susan Harbage Page, Simona Ghizzoni, Maimouna Guerresi, Archana Hande, Riitta Ikonen & Karoline Hjorth, Francesca Leonardi, Rania Matar Malena Mazza, Malekeh Nayiny, Valentina Parisi, Alice Pavesi Flowers, Daniela Perego, Giada Ripa, Virginia Ryan, Larissa Sansour, Rita Soccio, Ivana Spinelli, Cristina Vatielli
Gallery Harpsichord: www.galleriadelcembalo.it
An event aimed at women and not only created by Chiara Pariani, Director of Marketing and E-Commerce QVC Italy, curated by Manuela De Leonardis with the organizational support of Room 21, which will be staged from 28 October to 8 November in Rome , in the extraordinary space of the Gallery of the harpsichord at the Palazzo Borghese.
"The focus is on women, first of all, the project has risen from a strong commitment to the women. Women are the common denominator of this event created, interpreted and intended to them. "- Says Clare Pariani and continues -" We believe that art and culture are producers of value. The project represents a unique opportunity for QVC to strengthen the relationship with the community through a different medium than television or the web. In addition, we are particularly sensitive to activities that focus on women, because the female world is the target of choice in which we operate. "
"The camera photographs the unknown" is the phrase the American writer Susan Sontag that inspired the show. "I wanted to shed light on an unknown rare, potentially threatening as inexplicably warm, in which the presence and absence chasing each other. Capturing fears and desires, dreams and tension, enthusiasm and pains externalizing a deep part of the self, in fact, is liberating and triggers psychological dynamics that is no longer sure what the real results in imagery, "said Manuela De Leonardis, curator of the exhibition "DonneXDonne" that QVC Italy shares with a great sensitivity to social issues, putting in service of charitable causes, in the specific case of Breast Health International, its know-how.
The photographs, selected by De Leonardis are signed by 25 international artists - Lucia Baldini, Alessandra Baldoni, Eliana Child, Marina Cavazza, Annalisa D'Angelo, Anna di Prospero, Simona Filipinos, Susan Harbage Page, Simona Ghizzoni, Maimouna Guerresi, Archana Hande, Riitta Ikonen & Karoline Hjorth, Francesca Leonardi, Rania Matar, Malena Mazza, Malekeh Nayiny, Valentina Parisi, Alice Pavesi Flowers, Daniela Perego, Giada Ripa, Virginia Ryan, Larissa Sansour, Rita Soccio, Ivana Spinelli, Cristina Vatielli.
"The female body - the subject of the course - including the creation of the self-portrait and is the setting of symbolic constructions in which the camera is a companion text, page after page of a diary that became choir," says the curator.
"A polyptych female", however, is the definition of Mario Peliti, director with Paola Cavazza Stace Gallery of harpsichord that hosts the exhibition, in which the photograph confirms its nature and vocation antimimetica metaphorical.
On the edge of emotions and instincts, then, are defined images that reveal, in all their vulnerability, the "desire to defile her innocence", taking once again borrow the words of Sontag.
During the vernissage on October 28, there will be a photo shoot where some of the guest artists protagonists realize that they want a portrait with the common thread, a string of red wool, which is precisely the theme of the campaign in support of the Foundation Breast Health International united against breast cancer. Part of the proceeds of this activity and the sale of the works on display, it will be donated to BHI.
The exhibition "DonneXDonne" is part of a wider program of activities for the month of October, which saw QVC Italy alongside Breast Health International for the fourth consecutive year by selling an exclusive Bliss and a multi-media campaign that has involved many different platforms, from social media to the major Italian newspapers, from TV to radio and billboards in many Italian cities.
With this project, QVC, the shopping and entertainment media retailer, is renewing its engagement on the issues of social interest and collective offering through new channels of communication message of awareness and participation.
QVC: the retailer's shopping and entertainment media, was established in 1986 in the United States. Today is the second largest television network in the US with sales of $ 8.6 billion and operates as a global multimedia retailer with over 13 million customers in the United States, Britain, Germany, Japan, Italy and China, a country which was launched the joint venture with CNR Mall. QVC offers products of the best brands of jewelry, fashion, beauty, home and electronics. The Italian office is located in a building at the forefront in terms of environmental sustainability and home recording studios that feature the latest technology, in addition to a call center. The team is led by Gregg Bertoni as CEO
Breast Health International: was founded in Philadelphia in 1990 on the initiative of Dr. Gordon Schwartz, one of the most respected American surgeons and his wife Shelley. The main objective of the foundation is to work closely with the best professionals in the world to find a cure for breast cancer, while offering concrete support in support of the charges not covered by national health systems and / or by 'health insurance, such as: assistance to infants or the elderly to enable women to have access to treatments and controls, home care after surgery, transport to and from the hospital, care for the skin and wigs during chemotherapy. For more information, visit the website: www.breasthealthinternational.com
Manuela De Leonardis (Rome, 1966), historian and art critic, independent curator. He writes about visual arts on the poster / Alias Exibart, art to part of cult (ure). With Postcart published Face to face with the great photographers - Vol. I (2011), Face to face with the great photographers and video artists - Vol. II (2012); Face to face with the artists who work with photography - Vol. III (2013) and editor of Cake. The culture of desserts including traditional Arab and West (2013), art & food book in support of Bait al Karama Women's Center in Nablus (Palestine). As an independent curator he organized, coordinated and curated several exhibitions, including: Italy country of the Sixties: Sardinia, Basilicata, Calabria in the photographs of Mario Carbone, in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute of Lille (2007); Susan Harbage Harbage Page. The tearing of the story, talk with lace - House of Memory and History, Rome (2013); Franco Cenci. A story found, Acta International, Rome (2013); The Grand Illusion / The Great Illusion, Gallery of Art - Temple University, Rome (2014); II Biennial of Glass in Sansepolcro, Arezzo (2014); Mitsuko Nagone. New Self, New to Self, FotoGrafia - International Festival of Rome, Doozo, Rome (2014). Room 21 has worked with projects Of It. Women tell of global (2009) and Home (2009).
Room 21 is an association of photographers, curators, teachers, students and enthusiasts of the visual arts founded in Rome by admin Filipinos in 2008. Society for the diffusion of contemporary photography, the promotion of the work of photographers partners, the production of exhibitions and the 'project design and photo labs. Over time, Room 21 was also in charge of projects for women like about her: Global Women tell; Feminine plural. The body is mine and I am a photographer; Diary of a frail body.
"DonneXDonne. QVC and fine art photography in support of BHI - Breast Health International, "the brainchild of Clare Pariani
by Manuela De Leonardis Organization: Room 21
Gallery Cymbal - Palazzo Borghese, Largo della Fontanella Borghese, 19 - Rome
(28 October-8 November 2014)
Vernissage: Tuesday, October 28 at 18:30
Artist: Lucia Baldini, Alessandra Baldoni, Eliana Child, Marina Cavazza, Annalisa D'Angelo, Anna Di Prospero, Simona Filipinos, Susan Harbage Page, Simona Ghizzoni, Maimouna Guerresi, Archana Hande, Riitta Ikonen & Karoline Hjorth, Francesca Leonardi, Rania Matar Malena Mazza, Malekeh Nayiny, Valentina Parisi, Alice Pavesi Flowers, Daniela Perego, Giada Ripa, Virginia Ryan, Larissa Sansour, Rita Soccio, Ivana Spinelli, Cristina Vatielli
Gallery Harpsichord: www.galleriadelcembalo.it
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