A LETTO CON MILLE PENSIERI
Acappella•Apr 30, 2025 — Jun 01, 2025
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To define a classic, Western culture looks to the ancient and traditional. However, classics are not always ancient and traditional.
The costume of the Gentlewoman with Rooster by Massimo Stanzione is traditional. Melania Trump’s hat at Donald II’s inauguration is a classic neither antique nor traditional.
Our sense of classicism assesses the difference between the translated and the betrayed. When we talk about a return to classic, it happens to confuse classic with classicism. Classic and tradition are not a determination of time, but a purely spiritual fact. It is impossible to return to the classic, because every era wants its own classic, once it has reached maturity. Melania’s hat translates the mature consciousness of capitalist realism into symbol.
From this point of view, it is significant that initiation into maturity is the central theme of the cycle of works that Leonardo Devito presents under the...More
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A LETTO CON MILLE PENSIERI
Acappella•Apr 30, 2025 — Jun 01, 2025
Press Release
To define a classic, Western culture looks to the ancient and traditional. However, classics are not always ancient and traditional.
The costume of the Gentlewoman with Rooster by Massimo Stanzione is traditional. Melania Trump’s hat at Donald II’s inauguration is a classic neither antique nor traditional.
Our sense of classicism assesses the difference between the translated and the betrayed. When we talk about a return to classic, it happens to confuse classic with classicism. Classic and tradition are not a determination of time, but a purely spiritual fact. It is impossible to return to the classic, because every era wants its own classic, once it has reached maturity. Melania’s hat translates the mature consciousness of capitalist realism into symbol.
From this point of view, it is significant that initiation into maturity is the central theme of the cycle of works that Leonardo Devito presents under the...More
