Torn Curtain. Buongiorno, buonasera is an exhibition which has stumbled out from an ‘elective habit’ long shared between Hélène de Franchis and Luca Massimo Barbero and their two distinct paths. Here, the lady, a gallery owner for over 53 years, and the young man who went on to become a curator and art history professor have chosen the title of an Alfred Hitchcock film, as Barbero is wont to do in some of his projects.
Like a narrative of parallel lives, the exhibition – mysterious and unusual – presents a figurative dialogue between Luca Massimo Barbero and Hélène de Franchis. Over 60 works are on display, selected according to the taste of each curator, featuring artists from different periods of art history, including painting, sculpture, installations, and ceramics.
Tearing down the entrance curtain, visitors enter a Hitchcockian scene, where the clues are all in the details of the works. These are pieces that the public can investigate to identify unexpected and unconventional affinities.
«Asking a storyteller to account for plausibility seems as absurd to me as asking a figurative painter to represent things with exactness» -- Alfred Hitchcock
Curated by Luca Massimo Barbero and Hélène de Franchis
February 10, 2024
