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Masters of yesterday and today
The title Merende da Fallani (Fallani's snacks), which naively refers to snack time, an imagery often linked to the world of school, children and outings, reveals something deeper in itself and in its etymology. The term merènda is in fact derived from the Latin merĕnda, which can be translated as 'things to deserve'.
Another pivotal word in this project is talent, from the Greek tàlanton, meaning dish of the scales, sum of money, a unit of measure of varying weight according to place and time. Two terms that have always alternated and accompanied each other, and that here find themselves in dialogue in the encounter between today's talents and yesterday's masters.
Hosted for four days in the historic Serigrafia Artistica Fallani Venezia, the artists of the Fondazione Malutta were able to experiment with this printing technique characterised by technical limitations to be followed such as the size of the format and the number of frames to be made for each colour level.
In addition to the production of artistic prints, screen printing has always been associated with the world of graphics and the commercial production of posters and posters in series.
The double value of the silkscreen work gave us the cue to conceive an exhibition that would go beyond the simple re- stitution of a workshop, producing both a limited edition, with a high quality print, and a serial reproduction that would make its way among the public posters in the city. Each artist was thus free to convey his or her own research by producing a poster for an ideal collective exhibition of Fondazione Malutta. This type of approach allows the independent Fondazione Malutta and Casa Capra, accompanied by Giampaolo Fallani, to reconquer with form and colour the spaces usually occupied in Venice by communication for large institutions. Fondazione Malutta brings together around fifty artists who joined together spontaneously in 2013 from Atelier F of the Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia. With no constraints linked to a specific technique or geography, the artists who are part of it are united by a sensitivity, a spirit and a friendship that enables them to tackle different exhibition experiences together. Born initially to find a physical place that could become a gallery, it has developed into a collective that aims to be recognised within the current art scene. Casa Capra, on the contrary, is a physical space, outside the ordinary art circuits of big cities, born of my desire to host and tell new stories att
With Merende da Fallani Casa Capra, together with the Malutta Foundation, is in the lagoon for the first time with a collaborative project that demonstrates how common intentions can be concretely found around an inclusive project.