The Sublimi Anatomie exhibition explored the sensitive body through the age-old, spectacular history of its observation. Works, artefacts and documents of extraordinary historical importance showed the scientific study of human anatomy side by side with contemporary artistic research.
In this context, and beginning with the idea of the anatomical theatre, the central rotunda of the Palazzo delle Esposizioni became a place devoted to the debate on how we view and construct the image of the body. It was also a studio for drawing from life, a fully-fledged stage for performances and a ‘device’ for stimulating eyes, hands and bodies, resetting the dynamics which normally exist between observed objects and viewers within exhibition spaces.
The following pages aim to document this complex project produced by the Azienda Speciale Palaexpo in the autumn of 2019, enriching it with the digitalisation of some of the documents featured in the exhibition and with in-depth studies of the individual practices of the contemporary artists involved. The contents collected here are stratified according to the format of the site and contribute to creating a polyphonic index of texts, images and audio-visual materials.
SUBLIMI ANATOMIE
ROME, PALAZZO DELLE ESPOSIZIONI
22 OCTOBER 2019 - 06 JANUARY 2020
Exhibition curated by
Andrea Carlino, Philippe Comar, Anna Luppi, Vincenzo Napolano, Laura Perrone
Scientific committee
Vincent Barras, Massimo Bray, Chiara Cappelletto, Maria Conforti, Ester Coen, Fernando Ferroni, Adelina Cüberyan von Fürstenberg
Exhibition promoted by
Roma Capitale – Assessorato alla Crescita culturale
Azienda Speciale Palaexpo
Organised by
Azienda Speciale Palaexpo with the scientific collaboration of INFN Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sapienza Università di Roma - Polo museale
Artworks by
Ed Atkins, Michaël Borremans, Heidi Bucher, Dany Danino, Berlinde De Bruyckere, Luca Francesconi, Gary Hill, John Isaacs, Birgit Jürgenssen, Ketty La Rocca, Marisa Merz, Gastone Novelli, Dennis Oppenheim, Pino Pascali, Giuseppe Penone, Diego Perrone, Marc Quinn, Yvonne Rainer, Sissi, Chen Zhen
Historical documents and artefacts by
Bernhard Siegfried Albinus, Jan Wandelaar, Louis Thomas Auzoux, Francesco Bertinatti Govard Bidloo, Gérard de Lairesse Constantin Bonamy, Paul Broca, Émile Beau, Amé Bourdon, Daniel Le Bossu, Jean-Baptiste Bourgery, M. Caimi, Leopoldo Marcoantonio Caldani, Floriano Caldani, Jean Cruveilhier, Leonardo da Vinci, Juan De Velverde, Giovan Battista Della Porta, Nicolas Dorigny, Carlo Maratti, Albrecht Dürer, Bartolomeo Eustachio, Jacques-Fabien Gautier d’Agoty, Bernardo Genga, Giovanni Maria Lancisi, Jean-Antoine Houdon, Jean-Gaspard Lavater, Giovan Battista Manfredini, Paolo Mascagni, Antonio Serantoni, Filippo Pacini, Remigio Lei, Gaetano Petrioli, Johann Remmelin, Jean-Galbert Salvage, Girolamo Segato, Andrea Vesalio, Friedrich Ziegler, Gaetano Giulio Zumbo
Conferences, performances and lectures in collaboration with
Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma, Accademia di Francia a Roma - Villa Medici, Accademia Nazionale di Danza, Accademia Tedesca Roma - Villa Massimo, DA.RE. Dance Research, IED Roma, NABA, Ufficio di Rappresentanza della Comunità Fiamminga e della Regione delle Fiandre presso l’Ambasciata del Belgio
Conferences by
Pierre Bal-Blanc, Beatrice Busi, Silvia Calderoni, Ilenia Caleo, Andrea Carlino, Maria Conforti, Antonio Forcellino, Daniela Lancioni, David Le Breton, Giuseppe Penone, Giovanni Pizza, Marco Scotini
Performances by
Vincent Barras, Diego Bettoni, Brendan Fernandes, Hélène Giannecchini, Mette Ingvartsen, MK, Rachel Monosov, Danilo Rea, Virgilio Sieni, Sissi, Paolo Scoppola
Lectures by
Silvia Aymonino, Sara Arfanotti, Tiziana D'Acchille, Thierry De Mey, Frey Faust, Valenzia Lafratta, Colomba Leddi, Francesca Magnini, Letizia Gioia Monda, Giona A. Nazzaro, Nontantoprecisi, Parkinzone Onlus, Giovanni Pizza, Luana Poggini, Ilaria Severi, Virgilio Sieni, Jeanne Vicerial
AZIENDA SPECIALE PALAEXPO
Board of Directors
Cesare Maria Pietroiusti, president
Clara Tosi Pamphili, vice president
Fernando Ferroni
Duilio Giammaria
Maria Francesca Guida
General Director
Fabio Merosi
Board of Statutory Auditors
Andrea Bonelli, president
Paolo Di Rocco, Erica Di Santo, auditors
Operations and human resources director
Daniela Picconi
Director for legal affairs
Andrea Landolina
Curatorial area
Daniela Lancioni, senior curator
Paola Bonani, junior curator
Exhibition organisation
Flaminia Bonino, head
Maria Pia Comite, Francesca Rachele Oppedisano, Marco Sperati
Elena Suriani, registrars
Mara Nappi, iconographic archive
Luca Giordani, intern
Facility management and exhibition design
Paolo Pezza, head
Luca Caselli, Marcello Fagnani
Communication and promotion
Maria Giulia Pavin, Anita Suppa, Ilaria Mutini, Marco Cinquegrana, Deborah Serafini, Silvia Tudini
Press office
Francesca Spatola
Piergiorgio Paris
Dario Santarsiero, secretariat
Film and auditorium programming
Marco Berti, head
Francesca Pappalardo
Assistant curator to the programming committee
Laura Perrone
Educational, training and didactic services
Blume Gra, Laura Scarlata, Giulia Franchi, Giovanna Lancia, Francesca Romana Mastroianni, Michela Tonelli, Antonella Veracchi
ICT
Davide Dino Novara, head
Donato Subrizio, Massimo Andreoli, Marco D’Agnolo
General director secretariat
Roberta Di Lazzaro
Operations director secretariat and events
Camilla Valentini
Ceremonial office
Giulia Vermiglia
General affairs
Rossella Longobardi, head
Administration and management control
Marfisa Di Marzio, head of administration coordination
Domenico Scarcella, Daniela Lorenzetti, Ilaria Pizzola, Amelia Renzi, Manuela Salaris, Daniela Armillei, Vanessa Bombacigno
Legal affairs area
Francesca Quatrale
Simona Duggento, secretariat
Human resources
Stefano Gambatesa
Bookstore and additional services
Marcello Pezza, head
Editorial promotion and bookstore events
Chiara Bandi
Visitor services
Teresa Marzicola, head
Gianluca Piromalli, Fernando Zucchi, Ruggero Bruschi, Andrea Scorza, Luca Serratore, Maria Virgilia Pino
EXHIBITION
Exhibition design
Ufficio tecnico e progettazione Azienda Speciale Palaexpo, Paolo Pezza, Luca Caselli, Marcello Fagnani
Exhibition graphic design
Valerio Di Lucente / Julia.studio con David Mozzetta
Wall text translations
Luciano Chianese
Exhibition construction
Media Arte Eventi
Graphic design implementation
Edoardo Brunetti
Exhibition graphics
SP Systema
AV supply and installation
STEP srl
Shipping and installation of the works
Liguigli Fine Arts Service
Insurance
AGE Assicurazioni Gestione Enti
Condition reports
Lorenzo Civiero
Natalia Gurgone
Giulia Rollo
Guided tours and children’s labs
Educational, training and didactic services Azienda Speciale Palaexpo Blume Gra, Laura Scarlata, Giulia Franchi, Giovanna Lancia, Francesca Romana Mastroianni, Michela Tonelli, Antonella Veracchi
Guided tours for secondary schools and groups
Coopculture
ONLINE PLATFORM
Curated by Laura Perrone
Texts by
Natascha Burger, Luca Cerizza, Philippe Comar, Elena Corradini, Claudia Corti, Liv Cuniberti, Danilo Eccher, Helena Ferreira, Rudi Fuchs, Martin Herbert, Daniela Lancioni, Irmeline Lebeer, Carla Lonzi, Annette Michelson, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Raffaella Perna, Ludwig Pfeiffer, Anne L. Poulet, Marco Rinaldi, Will Self, Zhu Xian
Editorial desk
Giulia Gregnanin
Graphic design
Edoardo Scaramuzza - Pinkman studio
Web development
Nextbytes
Translations
Luciano Chianese, Elena D'Angelo
French and Italian subtitles
Kinotitles Srls
Multimedia, photos and videos
Monkeys Video Lab
Exhibition credits (published in October 2019) and online platform credits (published in 2021)