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Cassina Projects begins the new year with After Reminiscence, a group show curated by Federico Montagna which opens on Thursday 25th January. The exhibition puts together new works by eight emerging Italian artists: Camilla Alberti (*1995), Leonardo Devito (*1997), Carla Giaccio Darias (*1998), Aronne Pleuteri (*2001), Matilde Sambo (*1993), Norberto Spina (*1995), VEGA (Francesca Pionati *1990 and Tommaso Arnaldi *1993), and Martina Zanin (*1994).

"In our country, remembrance, the concept of archive and memory, seem to be entrenched in a certain art-historical tradition that concerns not only more recent historical avantgardes - in which innovation was the result of a nomadic and anachronistic citationism - but also the emerging contemporary scene where nostalgia for a kind of methodologies and teachings is still firmly established within academic and institutional processes. In fact, younger artists more often than not give away the imprint of a professor or master, both in the conceptual approach to their practice, and in the technical execution of the work".

"Dealing with this legacy is definitely a privilege, yet a challenge at the same time. What does it mean to be a contemporary artist today? What’s the impact of such a hefty tradition and cumbersome academic models? What can be born anew? Most importantly, in the hectic age we are navigating, is there anything that de facto qualifies as new?" (...)