Accord

For her fourth solo exhibition at the gallery, “Accord,” American artist Barbara Bloom presents a new body of work created specifically for the space at Via Stradella 7.

Through her unique approach, Bloom invites the viewer to explore human connection across time and dimension. The exhibition centers on historical places of treaties, alliances, and cultural collaborations, where individuals worked together, overcoming personal interests to create synergies.

The show spans from the oldest peace treaty, signed in 1269 BC between the Egyptians and the Hittites, to the Treaty of Versailles in 1919 and the 1993 negotiations to end South African Apartheid. It also features imagined moments, such as an unlikely gathering of figures like Jesus, Émile Zola, Nefertiti, and Amy Winehouse at a gaming table. These scenes suggest that harmony remains a universal aspiration, even in the most improbable contexts.

Bloom’s works transform historical events into reflections on absence and presence, with visual effects that blur the line between representation and reality. Her process, a mix of research and intuition, delves into the fluid boundary between the visible and invisible, or “visual innuendo.”