WITH A SOUND WORK BY IHOR OKUNIEV

Curated by Cornelia Mattiacci and Alessandra Castelbarco Albani, with Ruggero Pietromarchi

Now in its fifth edition, Against Sun and Dust presents an exhibition of the artist Cyprien Gaillard, comprising new and recent works on view at Villa Imperiale.

The endurance of the Villa is observed, as a monolithic body exposed for centuries to direct sunlight. Framing the area of San Bartolo Natural Park, the gaze expands to the recent history of the building, tourism and consumer boom that contributed to the local phenomenon known as Riviera club culture. The project is a new occasion for Gaillard to test the sense of occupation and transformation of natural space, the preservation of the architectural and geological stratification, and the lacerations left from the rise and fall of historical or contemporary utopias.