Di mare e il suo orlo
Ápeiron Association and the City of Capri, presents “Di mare e il suo orlo” (Of the Sea and its Edge), a solo exhibition by artist Roberto Maria Lino, curated by Collettivo Zero at Villa Lysis, Capri (Naples).
Roberto Maria Lino, an emerging talent in the contemporary art scene, inaugurates his first solo exhibition in Campania within the splendid setting of the island of Capri. He presents a series of unpublished works that intertwine the use of fabric – the artist’s preferred material – with the sea and personal memory. As is customary in Lino’s artistic practice, “Di mare e il suo orlo” (Of the Sea and its Edge) showcases his ability to stitch together scraps of fabric, forming a complex tapestry that conveys stories of life, travel, roots, and unbreakable ties with his memories, reworked into works of art.
The exhibition’s title, is a reinterpretation of a quote from “I Canti dell’Isola” by the poet Ada Negri – “the immense sea is a cup of rosy dew, without an edge.” The exhibition explores the potential of fabric as an expressive medium. Each work becomes a visual narrative, a metaphor for the artist’s growth and his relationship with the Mediterranean Sea and the memories associated with it. The exhibited works, such as the “Ashen Sea” series, evoke the memory of a dark and visceral sea, far from romantic landscape representations. This process of reworking is expressed both in the slow and meticulous work of hand stitching and in the treatment of fabrics in seawater, a technique the artist has experimented with for the first time in this production. The textile works, as well as the phytomorphic wire sculptures, resolve the dichotomy expressed in the title: on one side, the uncertain vastness of the sea; on the other, the known and defined boundary.
The exhibition will open on June 22 at 7:00 PM at Villa Lysis (free admission) and will be open until July 22, 2024. During the opening, visitors will have the opportunity to meet the artist and tour the exhibition with the curatorial team.
The exhibition is sponsored by the City of Capri and the Principality of Monaco with contributions from Farella Capri, Capri Natura, and Cantine Mustilli.
Technical Sheet
- Title: “Di mare e il suo orlo” (Of the Sea and its Edge)
- Author: Roberto Maria Lino
- Curator: Collettivo Zero APS
- Organized by: Ápeiron Cultural Association
- Sponsored by: City of Capri and Principality of Monaco
- Opening: June 22, 2024, 7:00 PM, Villa Lysis, Capri (free admission)
- Until: July 22, 2024
- Villa Lysis Hours: 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM daily. Last entry at 6:30 PM
- Info: apeironcapri@gmail.com – T. +39 377 359 0709
- Exhibition Press Office: Collettivo Zero – info@collettivozero.org
