David Maljković. Riflessioni sulla memoria

Abstract

Con questo saggio prendo in esame il lavoro dell’artista croato David Maljković nato a Rijeka, nel 1973, che con il suo modo di operare ha continuato a tessere relazioni con il passato, non solo del proprio paese ma anche con la memoria storica e artistica dell’Italia. A partire dal 2008 anno in cui ho lavorato con Maljković in occasione della mostra intitolata Italia Italie Italien Italy Whocky, un’esposizione che si prefiggeva di tracciare una panoramica su come artisti internazionali percepivano e riflettevano sull’Italia, le ricerche che legano l’artista al nostro paese si sono intensificate fino ad arrivare alla sua prima personale in un museo italiano, Sources in the Air, inaugurata nell’ottobre del 2013 presso la GAMeC di Bergamo.

With this essay I examine the work of the Croatian artist David Maljković, born in Rijeka, 1973. An artist who, with his way of working has continued to weave relationships with the past, not only of his country but also with the memory of art and history of Italy. Starting from 2008, the year in which I have worked with David Maljković on the occasion of the exhibition entitled Italy Italie Italien Italy Whocky, an exhibition which was designed to give an overview of how international artists perceived and reflected about Italy, the research that bind the artist to our country have intensified until his first solo show in an Italian Museum, Sources in the Air, which inaugurated in October, 2013 at the GAMeC in Bergamo.

With this essay I examine the work of the Croatian artist David Maljković, born in Rijeka, 1973. An artist who, with his way of working has continued to weave relationships with the past, not only of his country but also with the memory of art and history of Italy. Starting from 2008, the year in which I have worked with David Maljković on the occasion of the exhibition entitled Italy Italie Italien Italy Whocky, an exhibition which was designed to give an overview of how international artists perceived and reflected about Italy, the research that bind the artist to our country have intensified until his first solo show in an Italian Museum, Sources in the Air, which inaugurated in October, 2013 at the GAMeC in Bergamo.