On the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the Contemporary Art Foundations Committee, Fondazione Pastificio Cerere and RUFA, together with Fondazione Memmo and NOMAS Foundation, present the solo exhibitions of artist Daria Shoshani, RUFA students of the Fine Arts Master’s programme.
On Wednesday, October 16 2024, the exhibition 1+1=11 by Daria Shoshani, curated by Fabrizio Pizzuto, opened to the public and remained on display until Tuesday, October 29, 2024. Daria Shoshani, a multimedia artist with a background in humanities and scenography, works with sculpture, video, and installations. Her research is rooted in exploring how the immaterial aspects of existence—such as fantasy, sensuality, taboo, cultural heritage, and a sense of belonging—interact with material ones. Through the creation of dreamlike atmospheres, the artist rethinks everyday life, focusing on the relationship between art and reality.
The exhibition 1+1=11 presents a collection of works that trace the contours of bodies, whose shapes become traces, remnants, and measurements of what the body has been within a relationship. Space measures the bodies, bodies measure other bodies, and together they measure the space itself. The exhibition reflects on the themes of proximity and coupling, analyzing the solitude that can persist even within human connections.
The project continues with WHAT WE LOOK FOR BEYOND SEEING, the solo exhibition by Bianca Poláková, curated by Fabrizio Pizzuto, opening on Thursday, October 31 at 6:00 pm, and remaining on view until Friday, November 15, 2024.
The artist
Daria Shoshani (Jerusalem, 1998). Currently living and working in Rome, she is enrolled in the Master’s programme in Visual Arts, Sculpture, and Installation at the Rome University of Fine Arts (RUFA). She graduated from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in the department of general and comparative literature.
Practical information
Opening of Daria Shoshani’s 1+1=11: October 16, 6:00 pm
Dates: October 17-29, 2024
Hours: 9 am-8 pm, Mon-Fri
Location: RUFA Space, Pastificio Cerere, via degli Ausoni 7, 00185 Rome
Info: Tel. 0685865917
Contemporary Art Foundations Committee
The Contemporary Art Foundations Committee is a network of private foundations active throughout Italy, created to enhance the public/private relationship in contemporary art and culture, strengthen relationships with institutions and local communities, and promote further partnerships to improve Italy’s art system.
Founded in 2014, the Committee now includes 18 members. Created with the aim of establishing a dialogue with the Ministry of Culture and its Directorate-General for Contemporary Creativity (DGCC), the Committee signed its first Memorandum of Understanding with the MiC in 2015 and a second in 2021. Under the 2021 Memorandum, the DGCC and the Committee are currently developing “Bel Paese. Promoting Italian Art Around the World,” an international networking programme supporting Italian artists.