The exhibition, curated by Giulia Giazzoli and Élisabeth Lortic, has been devised by the Libreria Mutty in Castiglione delle Stiviere in conjunction with the CNAP / Centre national des arts plastiques based in Paris. It includes a selection of the artist’s photographs and her entire output of books produced between 1970 and 2007 from the archive of publishers Les Trois Ourses, held by the CNAP and a number of images from the archive of the de Grummond Collection (University of Southern Mississippi).
The Rome edition of the exhibition has been expressly redesigned and remodulated to interact with the spaces on the Palazzo delle Esposizioni’s Lower Ground Floor. An atmospheric and engaging layout with a merry-go-round of black cut-out shapes on the walls inspired by the artist’s cardboard books for the very young transforms the space into a carousel of silhouettes. On the floor, at child height, self-supporting panels host over thirty photographs arranged by affinity of form and colour to offer a dynamic and very powerful tour for audiences of all ages. Also on display are the games and objects portrayed in her book Of Colors and Things published in 1989, which serve as inspiration for the workshop section in which children and adults alike can actively create a composition of objects to exercise their powers of observation and to change their viewpoint on seemingly humdrum everyday items.
The Atelier cube will be transformed into a screening room projecting the shorts on animals that Tana Hoban shot between 1980 and 1987.
The exhibition includes a full programme of activities for schools, families, teachers and professionals from the worlds of art and of visual education.