V edition - 2016

Gea Casolaro

Alchimia, sostantivo femminile - Winner Of The Fabbri Art Award 2015

The centre of Gea Casolaro’s shows the flowers of the Amarenas which started the adventure that is now celebrating its centenary. On the sides, in a repeated image, as if reflected in a mirror, are the two main characters who have made this possible behind the scenes, namely the Fabbri workers in a period photo. This use of images from different contexts is typical of all her work. One of her most intriguing series, entitled Visioni dell’Eur (Visions of the Eur), combines the architecture of the Roman neighbourhood, everyday life and images from films. She also created a dramatic, poetic video installation entitled Ai caduti d’oggi (To the Fallen of Today), dedicated to people killed in accidents at work, which was displayed in Rome at the reopening of the Palazzo delle Esposizioni, where a worker had actually been killed. This work is cheerful, but Casolaro has created a lyrical, rhetoricfree celebration of all the women who made Rachele’s idea great, which she would undoubtedly have appreciated.

Gea Casolaro