Like a wild beast

Catalogue of the exhibition "No Beast So Fierce", BonelliLAB, Canneto (MN), 21 April - 14 July 2012.

"I personally believe in painting. And I think the reasons for this medium should be supported in a country like ours, for its history decidedly bulky or myopia of much of the criticism, for too many years did not care for this half of the sky.
Like a wild beast - The title is borrowed from the novel by Edward Bunker - is a collective with a sharp critical edge, designed to offer key analysis of contemporary Italian painting. Four curators have invited, in fact, four artists each, of age and a variety of experiences, to outline the different areas of research, characterizing each of the approaches as a real show in the exhibition. This resulted in such important reflections on the content and aesthetic potential of the medium, that have not failed to generate a heated debate, in which one is able to compare the current status of painting and possible new germinations […]."John Bonelli