Le sette porte
Opera
Le sette porte
Location
Portico di Piazza Cittadella
Clients
Artista
Matteo Rubbi
Le Sette Porte, or ‘the Seven Doors’ is a site-specific work, conceived to espouse the architectural characteristics of the portico of the Citadella Viscontea in Città Alta, with the narration of the seven stages of Mary and Joseph’s presumable journey from Nazareth to Bethlehem.
This long journey, of more than 150 kilometres, is mentioned only in the Gospel of Luke, as well as in the Apocrypha. We know nothing about how it took place; we know nothing of the difficulties of such an undertaking, carried out with the sole support of a donkey to transport their necessities, and in the company of one of Joseph’s brothers.
With the help of the Tabula Peutingeriana, a medieval replica of a 1st-4th century map, the possible route was reconstructed. The seven stylized cities are made in neon, suspended between the arches of the portico and are symbolically united by a poem by George Abraham.
Le Sette Porte is a work created by the artist Matteo Rubbi thanks to the contribution of Persico Group and G.E.G. Telecomunicazioni and is exhibited in the portico of the northern facade of the Citadella Viscontea in Città Alta.
Persico Group
Persico Group SpA is a family business of global excellence in the design and production of automotive molds and systems and in the rotational technology sector, as well as in the creation of racing yachts, performance cruising yachts and composite components for various sectors. The relationships of Persico Group with its markets are in constant development and the growth includes requests and solutions in the Aerospace and Medical fields. Today the Persico Group, founded by Pierino Persico in 1976, has 11 companies in 6 European and non-European countries.
G.E.G. Telecomunicazioni
G.E.G. Telecomunicazioni designs and creates mobile radio and telecommunications systems for public safety, offering Public Administration corporations a safe and effective communication service for the management of critical missions and emergencies.
Accademia Carrara
The Accademia Carrara art gallery offers visitors an exhibition of over three hundred works including paintings and sculptures of international importance, for a journey through five centuries of the history of Italian art from the Renaissance to the nineteenth century. It was founded in 1796 because of the visionary idea of the Bergamo nobleman Giacomo Carrara, who created a museum that was born from his passion as a collector and connoisseur.
Accademia Carrara is directed by M. Cristina Rodeschini and stands out in the Italian artistic panorama for the identity of its heritage: it has always been considered the ‘house of collections’ for the quality and quantity of donors who have made its collection so extraordinary.
A custodian of the great names in the history of art between the 15th and 19th centuries - Pisanello, Foppa, Crivelli, Bellini, Mantegna, Raffaello, Botticelli, Bergognone, Carpaccio, Palma Il Vecchio, Tiziano, Baschenis, Fra Galgario, Tiepolo, Canaletto, Hayez, Piccio, Pellizza da Volpedo - Accademia Carrara is among the most important corpuses in the world of works by Lorenzo Lotto and Giovan Battista Moroni, as well as part of the Visconti Sforza deck of Tarots dating back to the 15th century.
Artist
Matteo Rubbi
Matteo Rubbi is a visual artist. In 2005 he graduated in Fine Arts from the Brera Academy, Milan, under the guidance of Alberto Garutti. In 2007 he co-founded Cherimus, a non-profit artistic association based in Sardinia, which works to contribute towards the development of the social and cultural heritage of the Sulcis region through contemporary art. In 2011 Rubbi won the eighth Furla Award and in 2015 he was selected for the ArtLine public art programme in Milan.
He has held solo exhibitions at institutions such as FRAC Corsica, Corte, France; CAC La Sinagogue de Delme, Delme, France; Querini Stampalia Foundation, Venice; GAMeC, Bergamo; Combine Studios ASU, Phoenix; Burel Museum, Belluno. He has participated in group exhibitions and special projects at the Center Pompidou, Palais de Tokyo, Musée Bourdelle, Paris; IAC, Institute of Contemporary Art, Villeurbanne/Rhône-Alpes; CRAC Alsace, Atlkirch; CNAC Le Magasin, Grenoble; MAXXI, MACRO, Rome; Sandretto Re Rebaudengo Foundation, Turin; PAC, GAM, MUDEC, Arnaldo Pomodoro Foundation, Isola Art Center, Milan; GAMeC, Accademia Carrara, Bergamo; MAN, Nuoro.
Matteo Rubbi has also participated in artist residencies such as: Le Pavillon du Palais de Tokyo, France (2009); ASU Art Museum, Phoenix, USA (2012); LAP, Montalvo Art Center, Saratoga, USA (2017-2019); Camargo Foundation, Cassis, France (2020). He lives and works in Italy.
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