Number 207...
4:42 p.m.30/09/24 - The exhibition by the British-Iranian artist Reza Aramesh is titled Number 207 and is exhibited in the Church of San Fantin, in the very center of the labyrinthine city of Venice. The exhibition is a milestone in this city that continues to surprise with the satellite programs to the 60th Art Biennial.
The exhibition is developed is divided into three groups of pieces modeled in Carrara marble. The artist precisely chose the material that comes from this region so recognized in the art world because, according to what the poster reads, it represents the meaning that Aramesh wants to give to the exhibition. On the one hand, it serves to expose the beauty of the forms and material typical of the Renaissance and Baroque, periods in which sculpture and painting so well described the agony of saints and martyrs: the artist then exposes covered heads with cloth on the floor and the altar of one of the chapels.
Number 207, by Reza Armase
Chiesa di San Fantin
On the other hand, the installation that runs along the entire main hallway of the church is made up of small marble sculptures representing clothes thrown at random, but located in rows. Along with this group we see other sculptures that represent people about to be executed: the beauty of the forms blends with the terror of the feeling they emanate.
Number 207, de Reza Aramesh
Chiesa di San Fantin
To complete the entire display, a voice calls out the numbers of the condemned and their crimes. Everything happens precisely in this church, chosen for this exhibition because, right here, during the Middle Ages, the condemned were consoled before execution.
This assembly of marble figures (the heads, the underwear, the almost naked men) reflects the terror of power in contemporary times.
Recalling the experience of an accused, the visitor is challenged to solemnly recognize the human condition.
Number 207, by Reza Aramesh
Chiesa di San Fantin
Intelligent and incisive, Reza Aramesh leaves us speechless.
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