the exhibition
Young Art Hunters, a Milan-based reality that has always been committed to the promotion and dissemination of young and emerging art, reconfirms its collaboration with Hotel Piccolo Lido again this year and for the occasion presents: Numphaion.
“To women the land, to men the sea,” it has always been said. This notion has perpetuated the idea that women are mainly involved in agriculture and rarely in maritime activities. Ships and boats, in fact, have long been considered a purely male domain. For centuries it was even believed that having women on board was bad luck, as they were thought to distract sailors from their intended course, drawing parallels with the mythical Sirens.
Yet Greek mythology itself teaches us how complementary the female figure and the water element are, telling us of several and multiple female water goddesses, beginning with Talassa, the primordial goddess of the sea, followed by a lineage of Nereids and Oceanines, her daughters and granddaughters. History is also peppered with female characters who challenged gender roles and left a significant mark, such as the Spanish flagship Isabel Barreto and the pirates Grace O'Malley, Anne Bonny, Mary Read, and Ching Shih.
artists
Denny Candotto
Marta Grimoldi
Ipsilonpi
Natalia Martinez
Oriella Montin
Rinkaku
Eric Romeo
Sana
artworks
Numphaion takes a bold course and sails toward gender equality. Through the centuries-old narrative and myth of the Ligurian lands, undertaken from the point of view of eight emerging artists in the exhibition, the intent is to make the audience reflect on the role of the modern woman, recognized as such, ready to finally achieve social emancipation and reunite her with those fantastical and real figures who brought female power to the mouths of men.
a special thanks to
LORENZA PAGLIARI . LIVIA OCCHIGROSSI . ILARIA RONZONI . LUCA TEMOLO DALL’IGNA . ANNA PENNATI . VITTORIA BASILE. LUCREZIA CARDILLO
