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At the end of the eighties in the narrow streets of the Historical Center of Naples was around a French art lover. Those were different times. The belly of the ancient Partenope had not yet been plowed by the subway art. We then thought Ernest Pignon -Ernest, a “visual artist” was born and raised in Paris, to fill this gap. In Holy Week of 1988, Pignon made a miracle bringing art to the streets of Old Town. Pignon acted at night. In the midst of the people in the streets: pasted on the walls of the drawings on newsprint, often inspired by the masterpieces of Caravaggio in the city, Luca Giordano, Ribera or Stanzione. Inserted them in the urban context, seeking thereby the roots of Mediterranean culture, questioning the relationship between life and death so strong and present in Neapolitan culture.
After 25 years away from that intervention, the Institut francais Naples has decided to pay tribute to the work of Ernest Pignon embracing project of a group of six students in Milan and Paris, coordinated by Luca Avanzini, which are proposed to rethink the experience of Pignon in Naples involving firsthand the inhabitants of the Old Town.
The “Grenoble” then fielded a full calendar of events to celebrate the work of the artist in Paris, which will culminate in the meeting with Pignon scheduled March 6, 6.30 pm, at the Institut français in via Crispi, followed by screening of the documentary “Easter according to Ernest Pignon –Ernest”.
The screening will be accompanied by the exhibition of a selection of shots of Alain Volut, French photographer who documented the twenty five years ago by Pignon -Ernest in Naples, enriched by the writings drawn, from the images shown, by the students of some schools bells involved in the project. The exhibition will be open until March 22.
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The memory of the alley.
Ernest Pignon -Ernest (r)meets Naples, twenty-five years later
Institut Français Naples
Via Francesco Crispi , 86 Naples
tel +39.081.660395
www.institutfrancais-napoli.com/it
Schedule of Events:
MARCH 5: Academy of Fine Arts in Naples, 10.30 am: Ernest Pignon-Ernest meets students of the Academy. Meeting coordinated by professor Luciano Ferrara.
MARCH 6: Institut français Naples, Palazzo Grenoble. Hall White/Black, 6.30 pm: opening of the exhibition of the photos by Alain Volut on the work of Ernest Pignon -Ernest to Naples accompanied by texts by students from Campania. To 7 hour pm room Dumas: screening of the film “The Passover according to Ernest Pignon- Ernest” (30 ‘ ). Following discussions with Ernest Pignon-Ernest, Jean Digne (director of the French Institute Naples 1982-1989), Helga Sanità (researcher in cultural anthropology at the University Suor Orsola Benincasa), Luca Avanzini and the collective behind the project; moderates Pasquale Esposito (journalist).
MARCH 7: Former Asylum Filangieri. Hour 6.30 pm: concert of Neapolitan music of Neapolis Ensemble, accompanied by clips from the 1988 film “Naples revisitée par Ernest Pignon –Ernest” by P. Chaput and L. Drummond. Screening of the film “The Passover according to Ernest Pignon- Ernest” (30’) . Discussion with the audience in the presence of the artist Ernest Pignon -Ernest . Brindisi “Neapolitan”
