Be Yourself… Always!
CURRENT EXHIBITION
STORIES OF IDENTITY – The 2nd Edition
June 21- July 12, 2025
Cultural hypogeum
LEGA NAVALE ITALIANA
SEZIONE MATERA MAGNA GRECIA
The concept
“Every piece of art tells a story made up of emotions, memories and experiences that are part of the lived of each artist. “
The exhibition STORIES OF IDENTITY – The 2nd Edition aims to observe, analyze and share the stories behind the artworks, to become a visual tale, a continuous narration through images in a constant dialogue with the visitor.
Artists are invited to share any kind of story and personal experience, starting from the most hidden places of their souls and touching on everyday life.
All the artworks selected will be stories of identity, capable of confronting and dealing with the changes of the contemporary world, allowing themselves to be contaminated by it and preserving their uniqueness.
PAST EXHIBITIONS
International Art Exhibition
CREACTION
April 15- May 04, 2025
Cultural hypogeum
LEGA NAVALE ITALIANA
SEZIONE MATERA MAGNA GRECIA
The concept
“Every piece of art is the fruit of human expression and the creativity of the individual artist.“
Creativity can be defined as the result of complementarities, between deduction and intuition, between reason and imagination, between emotion and reflection, between divergent thinking (producing many different possible ideas and solutions) and convergent thinking (reaching a single, correct answer to a problem).
Creativity arises above all from the physical and mental action that the artist performs during the artistic process.
Every artist creates his or her works by following emotions, moods and life experiences, and through the application of techniques, shapes, colours, lights, words and sounds, manages to convey an emotional message that can be understood and interpreted directly or indirectly by the observer.
This emotional connection can arouse a range of emotions and feelings involving those who relate to art.
Therefore, artists are invited to reflect on the idea of creativity, based on the relationship between the external world and their own inner world, allowing themselves to be inspired by a dualism made up of differences and assonances that create the action necessary to realise new possible horizons.
NATURAL FLOW
Exploring water’s essence
March 1-22, 2025
FINISSAGE: March 22, 2025
Cultural hypogeum
LEGA NAVALE ITALIANA
SEZIONE MATERA MAGNA GRECIA
The concept
Throughout the centuries, water has inspired various artists and continues to be a source of inspiration for contemporary artists, taking on multiple symbolic meanings.
Water is one of the fundamental elements of nature and it’s the most widespread compound on Earth.
Considering both its symbolic value, in philosophical and mythological terms, and its material consistency, the presence of the element water is very recurrent in the history of art.
From ancient Egypt to Greek and Roman mythology, water is synonymous with creative force, a representation of life and fertility; a symbol of purification in medieval art, and a fluid and elusive element in the modern age.
The theme of water becomes predominant in Impressionism, where transparency and the play of light created by the reflection of colours give life and movement to the works.
Over the centuries, the element water, essential in the life cycle, has inspired several generations of artists, from Cubism to Surrealism to Arte Povera, water continues to be a source of inspiration for contemporary artists.
From the vision of seas, rivers and lakes to reflections on its conservation as a resource for the environment, the exhibition Natural Flow – Exploring water’s essence will explore the ways in which water can impact everyday life and inspire creativity. The artworks selected will celebrate the culture of water, the deep connection between art and this natural element without which we could not live.
STORIES OF IDENTITY
From hidden places to daily life
12—31/10/2024 extended until 10/11/2024
Cultural hypogeum
LEGA NAVALE ITALIANA
SEZ. MATERA-MAGNA GRECIA
The concept
“Every piece of art tells a story made up of emotions, memories and experiences that are part of the lived of each artist.”
The exhibition STORIES OF IDENTITY aims to observe, analyze and share the stories behind the artworks, in order to become a visual tale, a continuous narration through images in a constant dialogue with the visitor. Artists are invited to share any kind of story and personal experience, starting from the most hidden places of their souls and touching on everyday life.
All the artworks selected are stories of identity, capable of confronting and dealing with the changes of the contemporary world, allowing themselves to be contaminated by it and preserving their uniqueness.
Matera
The city is known worldwide for its historic Sassi districts, which make it one of the oldest inhabited cities in the world.
The Sassi were recognized on 9 December 1993, at the assembly of Cartagena de Indias (Colombia), a UNESCO world heritage site, the first site in southern Italy to receive such recognition.
In 2019 the city of Matera has been the European Capital of Culture.
Matera is the Mediterranean Capital of Culture and Dialogue 2026.
Exhibition venue
Cultural hypogeum Lega Navale Italiana
Sezione Matera-Magna Grecia | Via Fiorentini 103-107.
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