AA VV : L’Arpa Magica [The Magic Harp]

Lucie Fontaine is proud to present “L’Arpa Magica [The Magic Harp],” the first show organized in the new gallery space located in the heart of Milan in Via Larga 6.

The title is a reference to the new venue, which is partly exhibition space partly a school for harpists. The idea is to capture the energy from both activities – the art gallery and the music school – creating unexpected synergies and unusual dialogues.

This interest was somehow already present in the activity of Lucie Fontaine, who for her previous program in via Conte Rosso 18 has commissioned sound invitations and business cards to artists and Lucie Fontaine ghostly comrade Marcello Martin, who together with artist Alice Mandelli will be the guardian of the new space.

Deliberating occupying domestic spaces, for “L’Arpa Magica [The Magic Harp]” Lucie Fontaine has invited a large group of artists, which core is composed by Italian artists with whom she has worked in the past three years asking them to present a work that speaks about their relationship.

Another main reference of the show is the concept of “casa-museo” [museum house], which is a private house that was previously owned by a collector and then turned into a museum. In Milan this model is quite common and the city has four of this kind: Il Museo Bagatti Valsecchi, Casa Boschi di Stefano, Villa Necchi Campiglio and Museo Poldi Pezzoli. “L’Arpa Magica” – where all the works are displayed salon-style – is a direct quotation of this model, which addresses the new era of Lucie Fontaine.

Thanks to arpamagica.it