The second "Convivio"
Art and entrepreneurship around the works of Fabio De Poli
What the active role that thethe art systemcan redefine towards positive change of society andproduction systems?
After the favors met last year with the first experiment of "Banquet", the Association Utopias! and the historic galleria d'Arte pistoiese are the thread of the speech with a new exhibition-event centered onrelationships between art and entrepreneurship. Like the formula and approach: an artist invited to realize the context around which a group of exponents of the world of culture, art, civil society, politics, you d appointment for an informal "Banquet of wisdom" – in the words of Dante: a Symposium , in fact – during which he discusses issues related to the renewal of society through the arts and through the sharing of cultural projects. Remain, such as testimony of the event, the artist's works invited and a video documenting the course of dinner.
Invitees: art, accademia, entrepreneurship
Il Convivio has left out several operational proposals, including the idea of redefining a professional to take care of work from between the art system and the world economy. Dinner, designed by chef Massimo Neri "Aorist" restaurant in via de ' Buti in Pistoia, was served on board set up by artist Fabio De Poli. Guests, in addition to the same De Poli, were Henri Vadil, owner of the Gallery;Lorenzo Cipriani, moderator and art historian for the Utopias!;Alberto Bubbio, Associate Professor of business economics at Cattaneo Liuc University of Varese;Olle Anderson, designer and Professor Emeritus of the University, Gothemburg Sweden;Paolo Gori, collector, entrepreneur, for the publishing house Gold;Valerio Thesisof the Soprintendenza of Florence, Pistoia and Prato;Fabrizio Thesisnurseryman, businessman of the Thesis Group;Gianpiero Ballotti, President of the friends of Groppoli;Alfonso Musci, philosopher, researcher at the Italian Institute for Historical Studies of Naples;Diego Pirillo, philosopher, researcher at the Scuola Normale of Pisa and Harvard University;Carol Baker, owner of galleria Biagiotti of Florence;Dino Baldi, writer, for the publishing house joints. The dinner was accompanied by music performed live by Daniele Nesi, Paolo Zampini and Chiara Manese.
All material will be discussed and commented on during the finissage of the March 24 at the Gallery's premises in the presence of some of the guests.
