The exhibition, titled Waiting for Another Time, will present a series of works that were inspired by the frescos that used to be part of a church, Chiesa di San Silvestro in Folzano (Brescia), visited by the artist during one of his visits in town. Augustas Serapinas was fascinated by the fact that these frescos, realised for the church interior in 1930, were later removed for no apparent reason in 2010, which made him reflect on the concept of preservation. The work of Serapinas is often characterised by and consists of an empathetic re-appropriation and reinterpretation of elements he finds in the history of the places and organisations within which he is working, which inspire his artistic creation. In the case of this exhibition, what the artist found was, in his opinion, the most interesting aspect of the Chiesa di San Silvestro history: the removal and substitution of these frescos, which he found by accident in one of the local restaurant studios. The works that resulted from this research and will be presented in the exhibition reflect on the different changes these frescos went through throughout the years.
