Metodo Moderno

The nineteenth-century idea of the use of space is very well illustrated by the prolific number of objects in Benny Chirci’s exhibition Metodo Moderno. Here, every single element hides a centrifugal force that pulls towards the centre of the room, where an exotic social power quickly creates a distinct middle world: the bourgeoisie. Benny Chirco’s art and poetics range over painting, drawing, collage, sculpture, video and installation. Drawing from modernity and the deep Italian cultural tradition, furniture, old family, and friends’ books are the raw material that creates his strictly personal, but at the same time universal, artwork.