Fondazione Malutta – Amuse Bouche: Chapter II

Secondo capitolo della mostra dedicata alla Fondazione Malutta collective.

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Bea Vita presents the second chapter of "Amuse Bouche", an exhibition dedicated to the Fondazione Malutta collective. This ongoing, work-in-progress project involves the gradual accumulation of objects and elements over the six-month duration of the show, with a continuous expansion of artworks and participating artists. This second inauguration introduces new works by artists Ariele Bacchetti, Thomas Braida, Andrea Grotto, Cristiano Focacci Menchini, Anna Furlan, Pierluigi Scandiuzzi, and Bianca Francesca Serafin. These new pieces will join the ever-growing, banquet-like collection, complementing and expanding the works already displayed from the first group of artists: Nina Ćeranić, Bruno Fantelli, Manuela Kokanović, Bogdan Koshevoy, Aleksander Velišček, and Maria Giovanna Zanella.

“The works on display represent plates, ingredients, and ‘banquets’ painted by the involved artists, each with their own visual and poetic language. But there’s more: throughout the exhibition, the number of paintings grows, as if the artistic and human desire to ‘add’ never ends. Every week, new painted plates are added to those already on display, transforming the exhibition space into an ever-expanding banquet, a living and ever-changing work that reflects our relationship with food, pleasure, and accumulation. This exhibition invites the viewer to reflect on the relationship between satiety and hunger, between satisfaction and the desire for more. In an era where consumption and production are often excessive, the continuous increase in paintings becomes a powerful metaphor: how much can we accumulate before reaching a limit? Is there really a limit to our desire?”

Founded in Venice in 2013, Fondazione Malutta consists of over thirty artists from diverse cultural backgrounds, ages, languages, and creative practices. These boundaries, far from being limitations, become catalysts that the group actively challenges and reinterprets. The foundation represents a lively confluence of cultures, genders, and sensibilities that enrich and fuel its collective and dynamic research. Spanning multiple geographies—from Albania and Serbia to Italy and Croatia, from Slovenia and Bulgaria to France and Kosovo—the artists of Fondazione Malutta converge in Venice. This city, much like art itself, resists boundaries and thrives on movement and exchange, reflecting its true essence through its rich commerce and cultural history. Through innovative exhibitions and events, the foundation celebrates a dynamic and ever-evolving artistic heritage.