La poesia del quotidiano – Nicola Vitale

Large, dilated images, occupying almost the entire canvas: Nicola Vitale’s message starts with examining an everyday detail or viewpoint that is mistakenly perceived from another perspective, exposing a whole new world, which still however remains what is under our noses. It’s similar to when we turn over an old tree trunk and find that it’s teeming with various forms of life beneath. With his distinctly strong and ironic use of language, Vitale takes the opportunity to denounce situations that everyone can easily recognise – traffic, pollution, ecological oversights – but would rather side step by pretending not to see them.
The exhibition features a conference, held by Nicola Vitale, “L’arte oggi, tra decadenza e rinnovamento” (28 December, 2010, 5.30 pm)
Nicola Vitale (born in Milan, 1956), artist and poet, has exhibited work in one-man and group shows, in public spaces and private galleries, in Italy, Switzerland, Iceland and the USA. The most renowned critics that have considered his work include P. Restany, R. Bossaglia and E. Pontiggia. Some of his most memorable exhibitions have been those at Palazzo Recalcati (Milan, 1993), New York University (New York City, 1994) and Palazzo Sormani (Milan 2010). His publications include: La città interna, Primo Quaderno Italiano Poesia contemporanea (Guerini and Associates, 1991) Progresso nelle nostre voci (Mondadori, 1998, Gozzano Award Finalist) La forma innocente (La Collana, Stampa, 2001) Condominio delle sorprese (Mondadori, 2008, PremioRhegium Julii 2009, Premio Laurentum 2009, Finalist Metauro Award  2009, Finalist Lionello Fiumi Award 2009). He is included in the anthology Poeti italiani del Secondo Novecento (Mondadori, 2004), by M. Cucchi and S. Giovanardi.