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“Giornata del Contemporaneo – Contemporary Art Day”. OSSESSIONE VEZZOLI. A docu-film by Alessandra Galletta (Italy, 2016, 75’) | In Italian and English, with Italian subtitles

The Italian Cultural Institute – La Valletta celebrates the “Giornata del Contemporaneo – Contemporary Art Day” with the screening of the OBSESSION VEZZOLI, docu-film dedicated to the artist Francesco Vezzoli.

The movie is a live documentary recording of a couple of years in the life of internationally acclaimed artist Francesco Vezzoli while preparing his exhibitions in some of the world’s most prestigious museums and institutions and for major art events: MAXXI Museum in Rome, MoCA in Los Angeles, the Venice Architecture Biennale, Pitti Immagine in Florence, Doha Qatar Museum of Modern Art, MoMA PS1 in New York and Aurora Museum in Shanghai.

Descriptions of his major artworks and projects are enriched with exclusive commentaries by some of the most influential and interesting key players on the international art and cultural scene who have contributed to his career such as French philosopher Bernard Henry Lévy, W Magazine Director Stefano Tonchi, Los Angeles MoCA Director Philippe Vergne, MoMA PS1 Director and Chief Curator at Large at MoMA in New York Klaus Biesenbach, and Cindy Sherman, one of the most respected and celebrated contemporary artists.

Viewers will be accompanied through each project from the initial idea to the ‘making of’ an artwork and the exhibition opening in order to understand the artist’s creative process and the reasons that have rapidly turned Vezzoli into the world’s most famous emerging Italian artist.

OSSESSIONE VEZZOLI. A docu-film by Alessandra Galletta (Italy, 2016, 75’) | In Italian and English, with Italian subtitles.

From 2:00 p.m. on December 10, 2020 until 11:00 p.m. on December 11, 2020

Limited number of accesses available on a first come first served basis

Online streaming | Free access | Link: https://vimeo.com/424179538 | Password: Fil-Bhs6shs

“Giornata del Contemporaneo – Italian Contemporary Art” (December 5-11, 2020), is an event held annually to celebrate and disseminate contemporary art, now at its 15th edition in Italy. It is promoted by the AMACI – Association of Italian Museums of Contemporary Art in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperatation.

The IIC | La Valletta celebrates the “Giornata del Contemporaneo – Contemporary Art Day” with the screening of the docu-film Ossessione Vezzoli and also with a series of video-portraits made by Rai Cultura of great Italian artists (Michelangelo Pistoletto, Jannis Kounellis, Fabrizio Plessi, Luigi Ontani, Luca Pignatelli, Michele Ciacciofera, Fabio Viale) published on the Institute’s Facebook channel.

  • Organized by: Istituto Italiano di Cultura | La Valletta
  • In collaboration with: Ambasciata d'Italia a Malta