Progetto Genesi. Art and Human Rights 2021-2022
The exhibition identifies within the Collezione Genesi six main theme-based sections through which the works express a message linked to the defense of human rights.
FAI Ponte tra Culture volunteers produced specific podcasts on each section, offering their own memories to make viewing the works an even more educational experience. FAI Ponte tra Culture is a FAI project addressed to favoring the intercultural conversation between people from different geographical places.
The six main theme-based sections:
The works in this section explore how the traditions and history of every community are to be considered a collective memory to be preserved in so far as it is a fundamental identifying element.
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AlaouiSouk de Boumia, Moyen-Atlas (Les Marocains), 2011
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AmiriCollective Objects, 2021
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KadyrovaMade in Brazil Series #6, 2014
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LulashiNoi ci salveremo (I semi del tempo), 2016
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The works in this section describe multiple identities and the importance of dialogue, exchange, and mutual respect between cultures.
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AhmadvandBecoming, 2015
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AhujaAutocartography III, 2012
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NkangaIn a Place Yet Unknown, 2017
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The works in this section recall the violence that is perpetrated or tolerated in some areas of the world by the governments against their own citizens, victims of coercion, censorship, genocide, wars, exploitation.
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AlaouiNo Pasara, 2008
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GuptaFor, In your tongue, I cannot fit, 2019
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JaarEmbrace, 1995
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MahamaFatima Lelatu, 2014
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MbamboInkomo iyashayelwa ubisi lwayo, 2020
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Nkot#life in your hands#, 2019
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OdutolaThe Original (Binary State), 2008
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RubinUntitled, 2016
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This section includes the works of artists of color who were born in the United States, who tell true stories related to the prejudices and the injustices that take place in their country against people of color.
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MohammedUnarmed, 2016
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SaarHoney, 2001
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TaylorArdmore Taylor aka “Mo”, 2005
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TaylorMilwaukee Brothas, 2007
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LavaMugshot Portraits: Women of the Montgomery Bus Boycott, Charlie Mae Slaughter, 2018
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The works in this section cast light on the role of the woman in contexts, both private and public, where male supremacy is still present.
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BonviciniHome Is Where You Leave Your Belt, 2019
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BuckmanFace to the Bricks, 2020
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DavoudHonor, 2020, from the series Vaghaye Ettefaghiye
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DoğanKurdistan 3, 2020
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DoğanShahmeran, 2020
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MuholiMuholi Muholi, Room 107 Day Inn Hotel, Burlington, Vermont, 2017
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NeshatStories of Martyrdom (Women of Allah series), 1994
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The works in this section explore the damage wreaked by human activities on the ecosystem and the urgent need to preserve a balance between human beings and nature via sustainable development.
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BolinHiding in the City – Plastic Toys, 2015
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de CarbucciaArcheology I, Tivoli Italia, 2019, from the series Paintings
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JROmelia Contadina, Dario Sforza, Sepoltura, Castel Giorgio, Italie, 2019, 2019
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NazarethMC – Bestiary of Capital, 2019
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TayouTotem Cristal, 2019
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