2023
Sacropop
A collective exhibition displaying works combining pop aesthetic with classical and religious iconography.
Polyptych “Starwars” (2023) – AI, paper on wood, gold leafs, 260 x 60 cm.
THE EXHIBITION
A group of ten artists working on a distinctly pop contemporary aesthetic, integrating iconography with references to the classical and/or religious world. A sort of modern interpretation of what could be considered an icon nowadays, a celebration of the Pop aesthetic in contemporary art, an art that winks at the observer, reworking familiar iconographies in a modern and sometimes completely subverted key.
Sacropop, Installation view 3
For the occasion I created The “Starwars” Polyptych: a seven-panels work depicting Star Wars’ main characters as (AI-generated) saints.
Also I exhibited one of my Sacred Shrines: re-interpretations of the ancient “aediculae” in a contemporary key, a project from which the curators took inspirations for the “Sacropop” exhibition.
From the article appeared on RomaToday:
Tommaso Fagioli is a multidisciplinary, multimedia and layered artist. References to universal themes such as death and sex stand out in his works: an ancestral contrast expressed through a mixture. The sacred meets the profane, the past becomes a vehicle for current messages and the result cannot fail to amaze, generating a sense of hilarity that leads to a subsequent analysis of the various levels of meaning.
Sacropop Teca 1
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Polyptych “Starwars” Side views6
Polyptych “Starwars” Audience8
