Nancy Burson’s work is included in “The Other Portrait” curated by Jean–Luc Nancy at the Museo di arte moderna e contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, October 5, 2013 – January 12, 2014:

The curator of “The Other Portrait” is the French philosopher, Jean-Luc Nancy, author of numerous texts on the arts in general and on single paintings, photographs and films.

The project developed by Nancy for the Mart follows the publication of Le regard du portrait (Galilée, 2000) which examines the sitter’s gaze, considered the essential element of a portrait, through which the subject creates a relationship with an infinity in which he loses himself: in an absolute ‘outside’, or the gaze of the observer. That study focused essentially on classic and modern portraits.

At the Mart, on the other hand, it will explore contemporary portraiture, considered from the last decades of the 20th century and down to the present day. Through 45 works, selected as being exemplary of their type, the exhibition seeks to explore the vanishing and re-emergence of the portrait, and its transformations.

Featured artists:
Vito Acconci, Laurie Anderson, Francis Bacon, Miguel Barceló, Christian Boltanski, Elina Brotherus, Nancy Burson, Robert Cahen, Chuck Close, John Coplans, Daniela De Lorenzo, Marlene Dumas, Greta Frau, Till Freiwald, Lucian Freud, Alberto Giacometti, Douglas Gordon, Alex Katz, Bertrand Lavier, Mark Lewis, Paolo Meoni, Jorge Molder, Jacques Monory, Oscar Muñoz, Giulio Paolini, Claudio Parmiggiani, Jaume Plensa, Barbara Probst, Margot Quan Knight, Luca Rento, Gerhard Richter, Thomas Ruff, Thomas Schütte, Fiona Tan, Antoni Tàpies, Jeff Wall, Andy Warhol, Francesca Woodman, Shizuka Yokomizo

MART Rovereto
Corso Bettini 43
38068 Rovereto (TN)
ITALY

For more information on the exhibition:
http://english.mart.trento.it/theotherportrait

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Blog post by:
Brian Paul Clamp, Director