{"id":1070,"date":"2023-10-02T08:23:06","date_gmt":"2023-10-02T07:23:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/artistry\/?p=1070"},"modified":"2023-10-02T08:23:06","modified_gmt":"2023-10-02T07:23:06","slug":"poetry-magic-at-iic-londra-exhibition-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/artistry\/2023\/10\/02\/poetry-magic-at-iic-londra-exhibition-events\/","title":{"rendered":"Poetry & Magic at IIC Londra: exhibition events"},"content":{"rendered":"

Poesia e Magia<\/em> \/ Poetry & Magic \u2013 Celebrating Anita Seppilli<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Exhibition at the Italian Cultural Institute, 39 Belgrave Square, 7-30 November, Monday-Friday 10am-5pm, FREE. Curated by Katia Pizzi and Ben Thomas.<\/p>\n

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[Image: Ana Maria Pacheco, An Ancient Dark Night Descended on My Soul I<\/em>, 2010-12, drypoint]<\/p>\n

Anita Schwarzkopf Seppilli (Fiume 1902- Perugia 1991), was an Italian anthropologist whose major publications included, above all,\u00a0Poesia e magia<\/em>\u00a0(1962 with further editions in 1971 and 1982), but also\u00a0Sacralit\u00e0 dell\u2019acqua e sacriliegio dei ponti<\/em>\u00a0(1977) and\u00a0Alla ricerca del senso perduto<\/em>\u00a0(1986). Her initial scholarly interests were literary, but her work became increasingly concerned with anthropological, ethnological and psychological themes while she was living in Brazil from 1939 to 1947. Seppilli argued in Poesia e magia<\/em> that poetry evolved out of magic, and that traces of ancient rituals and magical beliefs could be discovered in epic poems like Homer\u2019s Iliad<\/em>. She believed that the classical culture of Italy should not be treated as an idol, but that it could be deepened and enriched by pursuing connections across cultures, borders and disciplines.<\/p>\n

This exhibition, and the series of events connected with it, celebrate Anita Seppilli\u2019s extraordinary originality by exploring the magical and mytho-poetic topics of her classic study Poesia e magia<\/em> in the context of contemporary London. Among the works included in the exhibition are paintings by Stephen Chambers<\/a> RA inspired by William Blake (Two Black Angels<\/em>, Scissors<\/em> and Harvest<\/em>), Marcelle Hanselaar<\/a>\u2019s series of etchings Rebel Women of the Apocrypha<\/em>, Ana Maria Pacheco<\/a>\u2019s series of large drypoints Dark Event<\/em> and An Ancient Dark Night Descended on My Soul<\/em>, and faithful reproductions of William Blake\u2019s relief etchings by Michael Phillips<\/a>. Also on display is a surrealist-inspired photography and poetry piece, The Sacrilege of Bridges<\/em>, created by Junko Theresa Mikuriya<\/a> and Ben Thomas<\/a> especially for this show.<\/p>\n

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EVENTS<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Please book for events via the Italian Cultural Institute website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

7 November 2023<\/strong>, 6.30pm. Poetry & Magic \u2013 Celebrating Anita Seppilli<\/em>. Private view of the exhibition. Martina Mazzotta<\/a> will be in conversation with the artists Stephen Chambers, Marcelle Hanselaar, Theresa Mikuriya and Ana Maria Pacheco.<\/p>\n

22 November 2023<\/strong>, 6.30pm. Michael Phillips \u2013 Blake and Italy<\/em>. Michael Phillips, master printmaker and leading expert on William Blake, will explore the influence of Italian art on Blake\u2019s work.<\/p>\n

28 November 2023<\/strong>, 6.30pm. Roundtable discussion about Poetry & Magic<\/em>, featuring Professor John Tresch<\/a> (Warburg Institute), author Iain Sinclair<\/a>, and professional witch Dr Kate Tomas<\/a>.<\/p>\n

During the course of the exhibition, Ana Maria Pacheco\u2019s extraordinary new sculptural piece Remember<\/em><\/a> will be on display at Studio 3 Gallery, Jarman Building, University of Kent, in Canterbury. Monday-Friday 10am-4pm, until 15 December, FREE.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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