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Operazione Guernica 2020
09/03/2020

Operazione Guernica 2020

OG2020 - OPERAZIONE GUERNICA 2020: IN SUPPORT OF SAVE THE CHILDREN'S "RISCRIVIAMO IL FUTURO" CAMPAIGN

A PROJECT CURATED BY DAVIDE SARCHIONI
AND SUPPORTED BY CRIS CONTINI CONTEMPORARY

Operation Guernica 2020 (OG2020) is the project of Cristiano Petrucci supported by Cris Contini Contemporary gallery, which was born during this difficult time of quarantine, in full Covid-19 emergency, which has put in crisis our life habits and our certainties.
In this particular moment the artist returns to reflect on his role, on the social and cultural impact of his poetic research, which consist in providing a reading of the present, foreshadowing visions of a possible future.

The answer to every crisis is always creation.
Exemplary is the universal scope of the message of Guernica, painted by Pablo Picasso to commemorate the bombing of the homonymous Basque town, extendable to any conflict and humanity threat.
OG2020 wants to invite each of us to reflect on what is happening and the changes that await us.
Interested in the architecture of organic matter, where the circular human-nature process is originated and articulated, Petrucci conceived a large group of 50 works as cells of a complex organism.
Each work consists of a semi spherical case containing a composition, which refers to the structure of a virus, where the chromatic variations of the LED lights amplify the perceptive suggestion of the slow change of a living and dynamic material. Despite the technical limitations caused by the national closure, the artist continued to work using everything he found in his studio, inventing new systems and giving shape and concreteness to his visions and to the project, demonstrating that the creative process is not limited to only means.

The exponential modularity with which the entire work was conceived emulates the global pandemic spread of the virus and generates an archipelago of virus-cells that symbolises the historical memory of this difficult moment, a warning to don't forget to continue to move forward, so that art can help to stimulate critical thinking.
The cultural value of the project is perfectly consistent with its charitable aspect. In fact, 25% of the proceeds from the sale of the works will be donated to support Save the Children’s campaign "REWRITE THE FUTURE", aimed at offering education, opportunities and hope to 100,000 children living in the most deprived contexts of the country, in the aftermath of the great health and socio-economic emergency that hit Italy ".
Sharing and spreading every single element of this great operation, it means actively participating, through art and culture, in the construction of our tomorrow.

For more information about the project OG2020 and to buy the artworks:

criscontinicontemporary.com/operazione-guernica-2020

info@criscontinicontemporary.com

For more information about the “Rewrite the Future” campaign:

www.savethechildren.it | ufficiostampa@savethechildren.org

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