OPENING TOMORROW

in VOLTERRA | Tuscany

PROPHETIA embodies a contemporary prophecy, evoking the spiritual component of Etruscan civilisation and the intertwining of differing temporal and spatial planes, the micro and macro.

Contemporary artist Federico Gori’s (1977) etched and naturally oxidised copper artworks and a selection of artefacts from the renowned Guarnacci Etruscan Museum's collection come together in the art exhibition PROPHETIA.

Based on the critical role that the practice of divination played in Etruscan life and on their profound belief in the interconnection of all things in the cosmos, Gori's site-specific installation overall encapsulates the touching point between heaven and earth, between copper and terracotta, and between our contemporary times and the long past.

Resting directly upon the copper plates is a kaleidoscopic landscape of urnes, figurative fragments and amphoras in terracotta and alabaster, the precious heritage of the city of Volterra, one of the capitals of ancient Etruria (VIII - II B.C.).

PROPHETIA is the second edition of the three-annual exhibition program Timeless Encounters 2022-2024, curated by KALPA Galleries and the Guarnacci Etruscan Museum, and revolving around the celebration of the universality of artistic feeling and the fascination that ancient art still holds on our contemporary society and culture.

Timeless Encounters contemplates the perpetual cyclical movement of history and art history, bringing together a selection of contemporary artworks and archeological artefacts. The initiative opens to broad research beyond the classical, particularly the Etruscan world, triggering reflections about the potential connections between the past and the present in terms of art, aesthetic sensibility, and human feelings.

Mysterious fluids emanate from these stones, from these objects, these images, erasing the abyss of time. 

- Massimo Pallottino, 1963

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Photography of artworks: Gabriele Cirillo for KALPA

Photography of Volterra: courtesy Maja Sfriso

KALPA INSTAGRAM