Ravenna, iconographies of private pain: the exhibition of Rosetta Berardi at Palazzo Rasponi.

Within the Thursday 31 October at 17 the exhibition Rosetta Berardi. Iconographies of Private Pain, scheduled at Palazzo Rasponi dalle Teste until November 24th.

In the exhibition, curated by Linda Kniffitz, art becomes a tool for exploring and re-elaborating the private pain, prompting reflections on how intimate experience is inextricably linked to a collective and universal condition.

The exhibition is therefore a journey through the various declinations of human suffering, expressed in a series of works ranging from painting to sculpture, from photography to installations, building a dialogue between different languages.

The exhibition unfolds in six rooms, each dedicated to a specific theme that explores a different dimension of suffering.

The first room is dedicated to malinconia, a feeling that has historically been linked to creative reflection. In his works, melancholy is expressed in intense colors, which narrate the depth of an existential restlessness and the tension towards an uncertain future.

Following in the second room is an immersive installation dedicated to Poetry as a means of expressing pain. This room, dedicated to Emily Dickinson, includes poetic texts that accompany the visitor on a sort of inner journey.

The third room deals with the theme of Domestic violence, one of the most devastating forms of private pain. The theme of violence against women is central to this section, where the artist explores the diminution of self, the annihilation of identity and the hidden pain that many women endure in silence.

The relationship between man and nature is the central theme of the fourth room and the pain resulting from its destruction. The works on display, made with poor and natural materials such as tarlatan, evoke the devastation and at the same time the possibility of regeneration.

The fifth room invites the visitor to enter a space of Meditation and introspection. Here the idea of ​​overcoming pain through reflection and connection with the universe is explored. The works in this room use geometric and numerical forms, evoking the connection between the material and spiritual worlds.

The exhibition ends with the sixth room, dedicated to the Have mercy, central concept in the Western artistic tradition. The works exhibited here are an invitation to reflect on the power of pain as a tool for relationship, human communion, and the possibility of finding comfort and healing through sharing.

Biographical notes

Rosetta Berardi (Rosetta Lavatura) was born in Sicily in 1944, lives and works in Ravenna. Since 1977 she has signed her works with the artistic surname “Berardi” to honor the memory of a person.

In 1962, together with his family, he moved to Ravenna where he graduated in painting at the Academy of Fine Arts. He graduated in History of Contemporary Art (DAMS) in Bologna.

His artistic career, which began in the late 70s with a pictorial language, It develops in stages with a research aimed at the pleasure of theuse of materials. Together with several poets he is currently working on an artist's book in progress Biblioteca Minima (Edizioni del Girasole) of which he has already published 8 issues with original graphics and poetic texts by Mary de Rachewiltz, Mario Lunetta, Nanni Menetti, Sylvano Bussotti, Paolo Ruffilli, Ennio Cavalli, Maram al-Masri, Nevio Spadoni. He has executed for Ravenna Poesia 2000 a portfolio with Maurizio Cucchi (Essegi).

In 2007, with a solo exhibition entitled Chindiart is invited to UNESCO in Paris for International Women's Day. In the last twenty years, photography has played an important role in his artistic production. BEHIND THE FACE, the universal mystery of the veil and RI/TRATTI are the latest exhibitions of photographic works.

The exhibition will be free admission from Tuesday to Friday from 15.30pm to 18.30pm, Saturday and Sunday from 11am to 18.30pm and closed on Mondays.

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