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Panorama L'Aquila : Italics: Art & Landscape

Past event
7 - 10 September 2023 
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: The Gamblers (from Roman Allegories), 2004
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: The Players (from Roman Allegories), 2004
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Going Home (from Roman Allegories), 2004
  • The Gamblers (from Roman Allegories), 2004
  • The Players (from Roman Allegories), 2004
     
  • Going Home (from Roman Allegories), 2004
The Gamblers (from Roman Allegories), 2004

"My photographs are impossible facts. They take the guilty and delusionary pleasures and terrors of empire and run them over a cliff" – Eleanor Antin

  

Richard Saltoun Gallery is pleased to announce participation in Panorama L'Aquila, presenting photographs from Eleanor Antin's Roman Allegories. 

 

Roman Allegories is part of Antin’s iconic Historical Takes trilogy (2001–2008), which weaves together her love for the ancient world and 19th century salon-style painting to deliver a vitriolic critique of contemporary society and power dynamics. Created with a cast of over 100 friends and models, Roman Allegories includes 12 staged photographs, richly saturated and up to 3 metres in size, where ragged actors in Roman costumes wander through the supposed ruins of the Roman Empire. Through allegory and satire, the photographs reveal the melancholic sense of loss felt by characters living in a declining empire all the while situating their actions and events in the contemporary world.


The series was entirely shot in the neighbourhood of La Jolla, San Diego, which the artist associates with the ancient town of Pompeii – both wealthy, both under the constant threat of nature. It’s an open denunciation of the ever more destructive wildfires, water shortages and environmental emergencies in California. The La Jolla locations in Roman Allegories are not merely backdrops – they either highlight the region’s seductive yet dangerous nature, or make use of lush gardens, tennis courts and exclusive villas to comment on local culture and excessive wealth. Throughout this, broken columns, classical statues, and empty pots reference the potential ruin on our horizon. 

 

Curated by Cristiana Perrella.

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