Exhibition Details

“We will name her Tempest” is the title of Ruth Beraha’s solo exhibition at A plus A gallery. The show opened in Venice on April 6th, 2022. It is the second chapter of a series of exhibitions shown recently at different Italian and international institutions. The exhibition is the result of a reflection on the dominant position of images in our societies. It stems from the artist’s desire to escape the systemic power of the gaze. The public moves among the remains of an imaginary place of worship. A metal skeleton recalls the architecture of a cathedral in ruin, within which there are voices, songs and apparitions of visual works.
The desire of the artist to escape from the abusive power of images is expressed through a series of sound and sculptural installations, typical of an iconoclastic dystopia. The title “We will name her Tempest” recalls a destructive but also purifying event that is yet to come. It is magnificent and terrible at the same time, something that is at once devastating and renewing. With a text by Bernardo Follini, translated by Matilde Soligno. The project was made possible thanks to a grant from the Pollock-Krasner Foundation, of which Ruth Beraha is one of the 2022 recipients and thanks to the support of Ditta Braggio, Vicenza. The design was by Giuseppe Ricupero and the original music and voice for the artwork Anthema by Lorenzo Esposito Fornasari. A special curatorial mention to Grazia Sechi e Angelo Ancorato, Simone Luigi Fagnani of Rasch Audio, Andrea Sanson, Diego Tolomelli e Andrea of IKO Studio, Studi Telara, Lorenzo Passi, Mattia Sinigaglia, Giovanni Dantomio of WeExhibit.