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Luigi Ontani

  • 1943

Luigi Ontani conceives art as a game of memory with and in history, with a firm attachment to his Italian roots. For the purpose, he uses his own image with irony and narcissism, disguising himself, masking himself, reliving and reviving characters in folklore, fables, myths, history and art, passing from tableaux vivants to performances and photography. In Polittico dell’Olimpo, Ontani reinterprets and personifies the gods of ancient Greek mythology, in their turn traditionally represented anthropomorphically in the temples dedicated to them.

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Polittico dell’Olimpo
1975

Color photo on paper with a gilded frame / Foto colore su carta con cornice dorata, 8.3 × 5.7 cm each / ciascuno
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The Municipality of Mantua thanks its patrons for the city's historical and artistic heritage through ART BONUS Cartiera MantovanaGruppo Finservice SpAGruppo SaviolaLubiamMarcegagliaMolino Pasini SpAStaff SpATea SpA SB for their support in the construction of the new Palazzo della Ragione Museum.

The Municipality of Mantua thanks its patrons for the city's historical and artistic heritage through ART BONUS Cartiera MantovanaGruppo Finservice SpAGruppo SaviolaLubiamMarcegagliaMolino Pasini SpAStaff SpATea SpA SB for their support in the construction of the new Palazzo della Ragione Museum.