Una specie di tenerezza

Una specie di tenerezza

Marlene Dumas tra parole e immagini. In occasione della grande mostra "open-end" presentata da Palazzo Grassi a Venezia fino all’8 gennaio 2023, Una specie di tenerezza, podcast in due episodi, racconta la vita e l’opera dell’artista Marlene Dumas. Il podcast -scritto in italiano e adattato in inglese e francese- ripercorre il cammino di Dumas sullo sfondo di due contesti storici e geografici: il Sudafrica dell’apartheid, dove Dumas trascorre l’infanzia e la giovinezza; il particolare universo di Amsterdam, dove Dumas si trasferisce a ventitré anni e dove tuttora vive. L’inizio degli anni 80 e il brusio crescente dei media costituiscono l’atmosfera in cui Dumas lavora, traendo ispirazione da fotogrammi di un film e da foto trovate sulla pagina di un quotidiano o di una rivista pornografica. Prostituzione, colpa, innocenza, violenza e tenerezza sono i temi delle sue opere. Del mondo di Dumas fanno parte persone comuni, così come volti noti della storia recente, da Pasolini a Marilyn Monroe. È questa la vibrante materia pittorica che a partire da marzo invaderà le sale e i corridoi di Palazzo Grassi.Marlene Dumas between words and images. On the occasion of the great "open-end" exhibition at Palazzo Grassi in Venice, open to visitors until January 8, 2023, "A sort of Tenderness" tells the story and describes the work of the artist Marlene Dumas. The two-episode podcast – written in Italian and adapted in English and French – traces Dumas's life path as it intertwined with two different historical and geographical contexts: the Apartheid and South Africa, where Dumas spent her childhood and youth, the unique universe of Amsterdam, the city where Dumas moved at the age of 23 and where she still lives. The beginning of the 80s and the buzz media industry made up the atmosphere where she worked, drawing inspiration from movies still frames, and pictures found in newspapers or erotic magazines. Prostitution, guilt, innocence, violence and tenderness are the themes ff her works. The world of Dumas includes ordinary people, as well as well-known faces from recent history, from Pasolini to Marilyn Monroe. From March this is the pictorial wave that will cross the corridors and halls of Palazzo Grassi.

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March 24, 2022 34 mins
La pittura di Marlene Dumas è un labirinto dell’immaginazione. Per comprenderne il retroterra culturale e psicologico, occorre tornare nel paese in cui Dumas è cresciuta, ovvero il Sudafrica dell’apartheid fra gli anni Cinquanta e Settanta del Novecento. È in quel preciso contesto, dominato dalla cultura e dalla lingua Afrikaans, che Dumas ha imparato a confrontarsi con questioni di natura etico-morale e a sviluppare una particolar...
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Tra febbraio e marzo i quadri di Marlene Dumas arrivano finalmente a Venezia. Il porticato colonnato di Palazzo Grassi si riempie delle grandi casse di legno usate per trasportare le opere, in arrivo da musei e collezioni private di mezzo mondo. È in questo momento che inizia l’allestimento di "open-end", la prima grande personale di Dumas in Italia. La registrar e il responsabile delle mostre si occupano di accogliere le opere e s...
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Marlene Dumas’ painting is a labyrinth of the imagination. To fully understand its cultural and psychological background, we need to think back at where Dumas grew up: in South Africa under the Apartheid, between the nineteen-fifties and sixties. Here, in a context dominated by the Afrikaans culture and language, Dumas learned to face ethical and moral issues, and she developed a sensitivity towards the ambiguities of our existence...
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March 24, 2022 28 mins
The paintings of Marlene Dumas finally dock in Venice, between February and March. The colonnade of Palazzo Grassi is filled with the wooden cases used to transport her works; arriving from museums and private collections from all around the world. The first great personal of Dumas in Italy, "open-end", is being set up. The registrar and supervisor of the exhibition takes care to collect the works and prepare them. Meanwhile, Dumas...
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La peinture de Marlene Dumas est un labyrinthe d’imagination. Pour approfondir son background culturel et psychologique, il est nécessaire de retourner dans le pays où elle a grandi, des années cinquante aux années soixante-dix: l’Afrique du Sud, sous l’apartheid. C’est dans ce contexte sensible, dominé par la culture et la langue afrikaans, que Marlene Dumas a appris à se confronter aux enjeux éthiques, développant une sensibilité...
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March 24, 2022 28 mins
En février et mars 2022, les peintures de Marlene Dumas arrivent enfin à Venise. Le hall bardé de colonnes du Palazzo Grassi est rempli des grandes caisses renfermant les œuvres, en provenance de musées et de collections privées du monde entier. Commence alors la préparation d’"open-end", la première grande exposition monographique de Dumas en Italie. La commissaire d’exposition nous raconte la genèse de cet événement, tandis que l...
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