Together we art – G20
Bihar Museum, India, Patna —
2023
07/08 - 07/10
The installation by Francesca Leone, entitled Una rosa, è una rosa, è una rosa (A rose, is a rose, is a rose) after the verse by Gertrude Stein, is comprised of three huge flowers of different sizes, made from sheet metal salvaged by the artist from old construction sites or abandoned buildings. On their surface we can see the signs of time, lacerations, cuts, scratches and rust, which Leone heals with paint as if they were scars on skin. The largest rose, painted in its entirety, has lost all traces of rust and time and has gained a new lease of life. The blue rose, which is the smallest of the three, still shows evident signs of time with the hope that it can “heal,” while all colour is absent from the third rose, which is dominated by rust and completely wilted. In this ailing garden, which still shows traces of its ancient beauty, we can glimpse the hope of being able to save it before it all wilts away.
The installation by Francesca Leone, entitled Una rosa, è una rosa, è una rosa (A rose, is a rose, is a rose) after the verse by Gertrude Stein, is comprised of three huge flowers of different sizes, made from sheet metal salvaged by the artist from old construction sites or abandoned buildings. On their surface we can see the signs of time, lacerations, cuts, scratches and rust, which Leone heals with paint as if they were scars on skin. The largest rose, painted in its entirety, has lost all traces of rust and time and has gained a new lease of life. The blue rose, which is the smallest of the three, still shows evident signs of time with the hope that it can “heal,” while all colour is absent from the third rose, which is dominated by rust and completely wilted. In this ailing garden, which still shows traces of its ancient beauty, we can glimpse the hope of being able to save it before it all wilts away.
