Five artists for Federico

Isabella Valente

doi:10.6093/978-88-6887-208-3

Five artists for Federico: new artworks for the eighthundred years of the Naples University Federico II

Authors

Isabella Valente

University of Naples Federico II

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6302-4681

DOI: https://doi.org/10.6093/978-88-6887-208-3

Keywords:

University of Naples Federico II, contemporary art, Neapolitan contemporary art

Synopsis

Editor: FedOA - Federico II University Press

Pages: 59

Lenguage: Italian/English

NBN: http://nbn.depositolegale.it/resolver.pl?nbn=urn:nbn:it:unina-30044

Abstract: For the celebrations of the eight hundred years of the University of Naples Federico II, five Neapolitan artists, of national and international fame, created some installations which were placed in the various locations of the University in the past months. In this way, both the historic and the newly established buildings possess a seal in memory of the important event, but also an everlasting identity symbol of this great University, the first public and secular one established for the community by the will of a sovereign on 5 June 1224. Beginning with the Palazzo degli Studi-Sede Centrale where the founding letter of the University, redesigned in stainless steel by Asad Ventrella, was placed next to the existing statue of Frederick II, who multiplied Frederick's symbol, assimilating the idea of 800 and that of Infinity, in the premises of Palazzo Gravina, the Conference Centre, Piazzale Tecchio, San Giovanni a Teduccio and the Reggia di Portici, to continue with Lello Esposito, who installed a colossal Head of Frederick in the new Scampia premises; with Alessandro Ciambrone, who has created a number of murals for the Policlinico, Monte Sant'Angelo and San Giovanni a Teduccio; up to the street artists cyop&kaf, who for their panels, destined for the San Pietro Martire headquarters, drew inspiration from the treatise 'De arte venandi cum avibus' written by the Swabian emperor. The book traces the genesis of this story, focusing on the artists and the individual works.

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Author Biography

Isabella Valente, University of Naples Federico II

Isabella Valente is Professor of Contemporary Art History at the University of Naples Federico II. She is a member of the Department of Humanistic Studies (DSU) and teaches History of Contemporary Art and History and Technique of Photography in several three-year and master courses. She is a member of two PhD Colleges of the same University (Historical, Archaeological and Art History Sciences; Archaeology and Art History), and of the National PhD in Heritage Science (curriculum 7 Contemporary Art, Rome La Sapienza - Venice Ca' Foscari). She is curator of the movable cultural heritage of the Federico II University. Her field of research is the figurative arts of the 19th and 20th centuries: she has organised several national and international conferences on the subject, and numerous exhibitions. In particular, his studies on sculpture have converged in the major exhibition Il Bello o il Vero. La scultura napoletana del secondo Ottocento e del primo Novecento (2014-15). She founded and directs the Class A scientific journal 'Studies in Sculpture. Modern and Contemporary Age'. She is a member of several scientific committees of Italian centres and museums, including the Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte. She has always been involved in the protection and conservation, organisation and enhancement of the cultural heritage of his region. She promoted and curated the donation of works by Francesco Jerace (1853-1937), placed in the Sala Carlo V of Castel Nuovo in Naples.