The Yalta Circus_ference
Exhibited at: Triennial of Contemporary Art, Verona, 2016; Triennial Exhibition of Visual Arts, Rome, 2017.
Published in: the catalogue of the Triennial Exhibition of Visual Arts, Rome, 2017_Aeterna, edited by Gianni Dunil (page 213) with commentary (page 82); the catalogue of the Triennial of Contemporary Art, Verona, 2016 (page 85) with commentary (page 544); Effetto Arte – bimonthly art and culture periodical (directed by Prof. Paolo Levi), year 6, n. 4 October – Dicember 2016 (page 88); the catalogue of the City of Cesenatico Art Biennale (26 June – 30 August 2021), page 92; My Art, International Web Magazine, EA Editore, biannual art and culture periodical, year I, 2017 (back cover).
Author's comment:
Circus-ference is a combination of two words: Circus and Conference.
By inserting Charlie Chaplin into the work, I simply wanted to ridicule the self-elected “friends”, as Leaders of the World.
Comment: On 16 June 2023, Mrs. Ruthie Tucker, Executive Director – Curator of Amsterdam Whitney Gallery (of New York) wrote:
... After carefully reviewing your artwork, Amsterdam Whitney Gallery's Curatorial Review Committee has formally selected you to participate in our elite museum-caliber Representation Program. Our noteworthy Curatorial Review Committee was most impressed by your superb oeuvre such as "MUMMY" which resonates with a profound visual narrative as you reveal the invisible within the visible. The spiritual artistic journey that you portray in your stellar oeuvre was quite impressive and was a triumph of personal expression. "YALTA" generated a profound sense of symbolism while reflecting a universal message. We salute you on your aesthetically absorbing oeuvre which reverberates with a dynamic textural sense and powerful visceral shapes. We were enthralled by the emotive quality of "LADY WANG" which reflects your fine talent and vibrant visual intensity of colors. Your compelling "EINSTEIN-EQUILIBRIUM" conveys your unique artistic vision of capturing the impalpable as you seize the essence of the emotional and physical experience. Our Committee salutes you on your stellar oeuvre with its important visual narrative and its emotional link to the human and artistic experience. We are so pleased with your marvelous art and the positive energy of your stellar compositions. We would be delighted to showcase your art in an exciting 2022 Exhibition at our beautiful Chelsea gallery.
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The work "The Yalta Circus-ference" shows some of the participants (Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin) at the conference held during the world war, while the figure of Hitler is replaced by that of Charlie Chaplin. Using pink tones and placing famous faces on female bodies, the artist evokes an important historical moment with irony and mastery, adapting it in a humorous way. (Gianni Dunil)
