PArt - ANNA FRANCESCHINI AT WITTE DE WITH

28 April 2020 In Art, Design

PArt – ANNA FRANCESCHINI AT WITTE DE WITH

Peruffo Jewelry is glad to announce PArt, a new interdisciplinary project meant to support and interact with contemporary artists.

The first selected artist is Anna Franceschini. Peruffo Jewelry has had the pleasure to support her her artwork “The Oracle of Delft” (audiovisual performance, 2020), a newly commissioned episode of a performance the artist created in 2007 and has been reenacting since then, in the display at Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art in Rotterdam, on the occasion of the exhibition “An Exhibition with works by…”, curated by Bernardo José de Souza and Sofìa Hernàndez Chong Cuy.
This group show explores the theme of aesthetic forms immigration and the ever-changing values systems which are considered to be typical of national ideals and cultural identities. The main focus is classic white and blue ceramic, took as a symbol to analyze the way with which “cosmopolitan” objects get rooted in national projects.
This kind of ceramic is called “Delft Blue” in The Netherlands, whereas in other countries it is named after its geopolitical provenance, such as Talavera, Iznik, Azulejo, China or Quinghua.

Anna Franceschini (1979, Pavia, Italy) lives and works in Milan, Italy. She is an artist, film director and researcher. Her films and videos investigate objects, spaces and activities. The alien nature of these elements becomes evident when the camera lingers on it during a dilated time.
For Franceschini, the moving image can conduct a silent and meditative observation of reality. Her static and repetitive cinematographic language often entails an absolute absence of human beings, underlining our arbitrary and culturally-filtered relationship with the world around us.

Founded in 1990, Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art offers a rich program of art exhibitions, productions, educational events and ventures, together with publications – spanning from artists books to catalogs to web-based editorial platforms.

Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art

Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art – Anna Franceschini

Anna Franceschini

Marcos Castro, Era una noche lluviosa, pero no era de noche ni estaba lloviendo [It was a rainy evening, but it was neither evening nor raining], 2020, acrylic on wall, courtesy of the artist. Exhibition overview An exhibition with works by… at Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam, 2020. Photographer: Kristien Daem.

Karlos Gil en Belén Zahera, Parasite (Magic Spout), 2020, earthenware, courtesy the artists. Exhibition overview An exhibition with works by… at Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam, 2020. Photographer: Kristien Daem.

Nicolás Lamas, Syncretic smuggling, 2020, found objects and mixed media, courtesy the artist. Athos Bulcão, Brasilia TV Tower, 1966/2019, ceramic tiles on wood panels, courtesy of the artist and the Athos Bulcão Foundation. Praneet Soi, Untitled (Jehangir Celebrating Holi With His Consorts), 2017, acrylic on papiermâché, courtesy the artist. Exhibition overview An exhibition with works by… at Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam, 2020. Photographer: Kristien Daem.

Ni Haifeng, Of The Departure and The Arrival, 2005, 149 porcelain objects, wood pallets, courtesy the artist, Galerie In Situ—fabienne leclerc, and Lumen Travo Gallery, ABN AMRO Collection, Museum De Domijnen, Collectie Sittard-Geleen, Privé Collectie, Collection Matthijs Erdman. Adriana Varejão, Quadro ferido [Wounded Painting], 1992, oil on canvas, courtesy the artist and Fortes D’Aloia & Gabriel. Marcos Castro, Era una noche lluviosa, pero no era de noche ni estaba lloviendo [It was a rainy evening, but it was neither evening nor raining], 2020, acrylic on wall, courtesy of the artist. Exhibition overview An exhibition with works by… at Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam, 2020. Photographer: Kristien Daem.

Praneet Soi, Coordinates and Coordinates – Nocturne (Blue), 2020, both acrylic and silverpoint on canvas, courtesy the artist. Anna Franceschini, THE ORACLE OF DELFT, 2020, performance, found objects, video, courtesy the artist, Galeria Vera Cortês, Lisbon, Portugal, and Vistamare | Vistamare Studio, Pescara | Milano, Italy. Exhibition overview An exhibition with works by… at Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam, 2020. Photographer: Kristien Daem.

Raed Yassin, Yassin Dynasty, 2013, hand-painted porcelain vases, wood and textile, courtesy of the artist and Kalfayan Galleries, Athens—Thessaloniki. Adriana Varejão, Monocromo redondo Jun, 2014, oil and plaster on canvas, Defares Collectie. Exhibition overview An exhibition with works by… at Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam, 2020. Photographer: Kristien Daem.

Adriana Varejão, White Mimbres IV, 2015, oil and plaster on canvas, THE EKARD COLLECTION. Bouke de Vries, Memory Vessel 2, 2013, seventeenth century raku-fired Chinese porcelain vase with cover, glass, collection Ms G. van der Meer; Marine Memory Vessels, 2016, eighteenth century Chinese porcelain (marine archeological) storage vessels with covers, glass and gold-plated silver, private Collection; Worcester Coffee and Tea set, 2019, eighteenth century, first period Worcester porcelain, glass, courtesy the artist and Ron Mandos Gallery; Memory Vessel 29, 2015, late-seventeenth century Japanese (Arita) porcelain ewer, glass, collection Kralingen; Memory Vessel 51, 2017, nineteenth century Moroccan earthenware vase with cover, glass, collection Mr. Laurence Rundell; Memory Vessel Albarello, 2018, seventeenth century Italian earthenware Majolica drug jar, glass, collection Rob Michiels Auctions; Memory Tobacco Jar Brasilije, 2019, eighteenth century Dutch Delft tobacco jar, glass, courtesy the artist and Ron Mandos Gallery; Memory Vessel 4, 2013, fourteenth sixteenth century Thai porcelain vase and cover, glass and walnut, London Private Collection. Exhibition overview An exhibition with works by… at Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam, 2020. Photographer: Kristien Daem.

Adriana Varejão, Paraty, 2011, oil and plaster on canvas, Private Collection, Portugal. Exhibition overview An exhibition with works by… at Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam, 2020. Photographer: Jeroen Lavèn.

Praneet Soi, Blue Dog, Bul-bul (Thrush), Peacock, and Kingfisher, 2017, all works acrylic on papier-mâché, courtesy the artist. Exhibition overview An exhibition with works by… at Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam, 2020. Photographer: Jeroen Lavèn.

Athos Bulcão, Brasilia TV Tower, 1966/2019, ceramic tiles on wood panels, courtesy of the artist and the Athos Bulcão Foundation. Praneet Soi, Blue Dog, Bulbul (Thrush), Peacock, and Kingfisher, 2017, all works acrylic on papier-mâché, courtesy the artist. Exhibition overview An exhibition with works by… at Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam, 2020. Photographer: Jeroen Lavèn.

Nicolás Lamas, Syncretic smuggling, 2020, found objects and mixed media, courtesy the artist. Praneet Soi, Untitled (Jehangir Celebrating Holi With His Consorts), 2017, acrylic on papier-mâché, courtesy the artist. Exhibition overview An exhibition with works by… at Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam, 2020. Photographer: Jeroen Lavèn.

Ana Vaz, Occidente (West), 2014, 16mm film transferred to HD video; sound; 15’15”, courtesy the artist. Exhibition overview An exhibition with works by… at Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam, 2020. Photographer: Jeroen Lavèn.

Nicolás Lamas, Syncretic smuggling, 2020, found objects and mixed media, courtesy the artist. Karlos Gil en Belén Zahera, Parasite (Magic Spout), 2020, earthenware, courtesy the artists. Exhibition overview An exhibition with works by… at Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam, 2020. Photographer: Jeroen Lavèn.