Contemporary art

Alfredo Romio - Acqua di Greta

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Alfredo Romio

Acqua di Greta, 2019

(dalla serie La Vergine dei Rifiuti)

Bottiglia di vetro 0.33 l, acqua, etichetta d'autore

cm 6 x 21.5 x 6 cm


This work is an open edition, hand-signed by the artist with black marker.

This work includes a certificate of authenticity.

As miniatures illustrating the lives of the Saints in the Passiones and the Leggendari, or true icons "in balance between memory and contemporaneity" (Del Guercio, 2019), Romio's most recent works build a disenchanted "hagiography" of Greta Thunberg. Through the history and actuality of the heroine and her battle for the climate, the author declines environmental themes in an original way, in a cultured work rich in references.

We're not facing a simple celebration of the subject, but also an invitation to reflect on the polarization of the debate she has created, on herself and on the issues she is the spokesperson for, with all the contradictions that follow...