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The Renaissance Metaverse
Okuda San Miguel

06.11.2021 - 04.12.2021

Ex Chiesa di San Mattia - Via S. Isaia, 14 - Bologna | Tue-Fri 15.30-19.00 | Sat-Sun 10.30-19.00

MAGMA gallery is glad to present "The Renaissance Metaverse”, the first major solo exhibition in Italy by international renowned artist Okuda San Miguel, opening on November 6th, in two venues: the historical public venue Ex Chiesa di San Mattia in Bologna and MAGMA gallery’s spaces. A bridge between contemporary and classic, a leap between real and virtual, a metamorphosis of the current and the antique: a glimpse of an unavoidable reality. In "The Renaissance Metaverse", Okuda San Miguel reflects on the current state of artistic creation while facing the challenge of digitalization, connecting this thought in the two different exhibition spaces that invite us to mirror on the historical evolution of the context in which we access art. Knowledge, science, and art are important drivers of change and historical evolution. If it was the printing press, the laws of perspective, trade routes, or the appearance of banking, today we find ourselves interacting with the internet, virtual reality, bitcoin, NFTs and, why not, complete immersion in the so-called Metaverse. As in the Renaissance, when the classics were taken up again to reinterpret history and move towards new paradigms, Okuda approaches the present from the past. He thus shows his vision of the moment of historical transit in which, as then, we always find ourselves.

"The Renaissance Metaverse '' features paintings, sculptures, and large-scale installations created specifically for this show, integrated into the structure of the former Church of San Mattia and the exhibition space of MAGMA gallery. In this way, the artist reinforces the idea that art adapts to different contexts marked by history, to offer us the opportunity to connect with all the thought trends that lead to evolution. In these new works, Okuda represents some of the icons of Renaissance art with a contemporary language that transports them to new scenarios where they interact with the oneiric, with the spiritual and with postmodern reality. The Spanish artist appropriates some of his references, placing icons and characters from the history of art in a virtual world to expose them to an unstoppable process of change in a double environment, provided by a gallery and a deconsecrated church from the 16th Century, of great historical transcendence.

"I find very interesting to ponder the evolution of art inside a temple, spaces that for centuries were, along with palaces, the only means of access to art," Okuda says.

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MAGMA gallery è lieta di presentare "The Renaissance Metaverse", la prima grande mostra personale in Italia dell'artista di fama internazionale Okuda San Miguel, che aprirà il 6 novembre, in due sedi: la storica sede pubblica Ex Chiesa di San Mattia a Bologna e gli spazi di MAGMA gallery.   Un ponte tra contemporaneo e classico, un salto tra reale e virtuale, una metamorfosi del contemporaneo e dell'antico: uno scorcio di una realtà ineludibile. In "The Renaissance Metaverse", Okuda San Miguel riflette sullo stato attuale della creazione artistica mentre affronta la sfida della digitalizzazione, collegando questo pensiero nei due diversi spazi espositivi che ci invitano a specchiarci sull'evoluzione storica del contesto in cui accediamo all'arte. La conoscenza, la scienza e l'arte sono importanti motori del cambiamento e dell'evoluzione storica. Se si trattava della stampa, delle leggi della prospettiva, delle rotte commerciali, o dell'apparenza bancaria, oggi ci troviamo ad interagire con internet, realtà virtuale, bitcoin, NFT e, perché no, completa immersione nel cosiddetto Metaverso. Come nel Rinascimento, quando i classici sono stati ripresi per reinterpretare la storia e muoversi verso nuovi paradigmi, Okuda si avvicina al presente dal passato. Egli mostra così la sua visione del momento di transito storico in cui, come allora, ci troviamo sempre.   " The Renaissance Metaverse” presenta dipinti, sculture e installazioni di grandi dimensioni create appositamente per questa mostra, integrate nella struttura dell'ex Chiesa di San Mattia e nello spazio espositivo della galleria MAGMA. In questo modo, l'artista rafforza l'idea che l'arte si adatti a diversi contesti segnati dalla storia, per offrirci l'opportunità di connetterci con tutte le tendenze di pensiero che portano all'evoluzione. In queste nuove opere, Okuda rappresenta alcune delle icone dell'arte rinascimentale con un linguaggio contemporaneo che le trasporta in nuovi scenari dove interagiscono con l'onirico, con lo spirituale e con la realtà postmoderna.   L'artista spagnolo si appropria di alcuni dei suoi riferimenti, collocando icone e personaggi della storia dell'arte in un mondo virtuale per esporli a un processo inarrestabile di cambiamento in un doppio ambiente, fornito da una galleria e una chiesa sconsacrata del XVI secolo, di grande trascendenza storica.   "Trovo molto interessante riflettere sull'evoluzione dell'arte all'interno di un tempio, spazi che per secoli sono stati, insieme ai palazzi, l'unico mezzo di accesso all'arte", dice Okuda.

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