Bruna Esposito b. 1960
Oltremare, 2006
Lambda print on plexiglas
187 x 125 cm
73 5/8 x 49 1/4 in
73 5/8 x 49 1/4 in
Edition of 3 plus 2 artist's proofs
The image of an upside-down white flag, submerged in water. Deprived of its conventional semantic charge, the flag no longer signals surrender or allegiance; instead, it gestures toward a utopian...
The image of an upside-down white flag, submerged in water. Deprived of its conventional semantic charge, the flag no longer signals surrender or allegiance; instead, it gestures toward a utopian condition without borders—or, more precisely, toward the dissolution of identity into a state of integral neutrality. Against systems founded on rigid territorial affiliations, the principle of freedom that governs international waters proposes a tangible alternative. The high seas, understood as res communis omnium, constitute a common good belonging to everyone, a space beyond ownership, nationhood, and exclusion.
Exhibitions
2006 Arco 2006, Madrid, Spain.2007 Below the light, Federico Luger Gallery (Now Wizard), Milan, Italy.
2008/9 Italics. Arte italiana fra tradizione e rivoluzione, 1968-2008, P. Grassi, Venezia. Italy.
2017, Focus, MAXXI, Rome. Italy.
2019, Claudia Gian Ferrari, Collection MAXXI of Rome.
2022-2023 ExhibitionL Con questi chiari di luna. Museo Madre. Naples, Italy.