the exhibition
How easy is it to live in a bubble of melancholy?
Young Art Hunters is pleased to present Melancholyville, the last group show of 2024. Melancholyville is not an exclusively contemporary sentiment; rather, it has origins in Ancient Greece. However, it has changed form in correlation with the evolution of society. In fact, each epoch has given it a different name and semantic nuance: the Latins called it tristitia, to emphasize its sad and resigned side; the theologians of the Middle Ages acoedia, synonymous with laziness, even going so far as to call it the midday devil, because it affected monks in the hottest hours; the poets of chivalry love sickness, or the madness that affected lovers; the Romantics of the 19th century spleen, where it is finally acknowledged as having creative power.
artists
Erika Allia
Gabriele Argentino
Andrea Ballestra
Alina Giza
Lorenzo Lanfri
Alice Mancini
Andrea Paravelli
Basile Sepulchre
Raffaele Sperandeo
Pauline Talleri
reportage
opening
a special thanks to
LORENZA PAGLIARI . LAURA SCHIAVON . LIVIA OCCHIGROSSI . LUCA TEMOLO DALL’IGNA . ANNA PENNATI . VITTORIA BASILE
