#ArtTales hosts Keith Sonnier


The exhibition opens the festival dedicated to contemporary art inside the program “TOWER TALES. Design, Art & Sound in Torre Velasca

Milan, January 10, 2019 EVENT

After opening in 2018 with the jazz music of #SoundTales, the festival “TOWER TALES. Design, Art & Sound in Torre Velasca” – promoted and organized by Urban Up | Unipol Projects Cities continues in 2019 presenting the first meeting with #ArtTales.
Tower Tales collection was created with the intention of exhibiting the many original sides of culture, inside the prestigious Torre Velasca: A full programme of exclusive events with innovative jazz music (#SoundTales), cutting-edge contemporary art installations (#ArtTales) and projects from young talent from the most important design schools in Milan (#DesignTales).

Keith Sonnier, postminimalist artist, pioneer in using lights inside sculptures, is the first protagonist of #ArtTales from 10th January to 16th Februrary 2019 at the Museum Space and the Aquarium Space of the Tower, through his videos film in the 70s. Absolute premier in Italy, these works are an unedited expression of Sonnier’s production, mainly known in the world artistic panorama for his neon sculptures.

The exhibition 6 VIDEOS, organized in collaboration with CONVERSO_OFFSITE and thanks to The National Exemplar Gallery of NY, opened Thursday 10th January at 6:00PM and can be visited every day from 5PM to 6AM of the following day, with guided tours every Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 7:00PM and 7:30PM.

THE VIDEOS ON DISPLAY

PAINTED FOOT: BLACK LIGHT
1970 / 16min

NEGATIVE
1971 / 11min

POSITIVE-NEGATIVE
1970 / 12min

RUBDOWN
1970 / 11min

LIGHTBULB AND FIRE
1971 / 21min

DIS-PLAY
1969 / 11min