Curated by Hou Hanru together with the curatorial and research teams of the museum, ‘The STREET. Where the world is made’ will transform the MAXXI into an intense and somewhat chaotic street scene.
Starting in the 1960s, it was the artists who believed that the road was the modern intellectual, social and political battlefield. They took to the streets with invasions, surprises, disturbances, break-ins, rebellions; they have involved people, communities, have offered new points of view. From the 7th of December 2018 to the 28th of April 2019, MAXXI dedicates to them all, but also to architects, urban planners, and designers, The STREET. Where the world is made.
More than 200 works from more than 140 artists to describe a space that is not only a fundamental manmade infrastructure, but a place crossed by multiple meanings, sometimes victim of visual and physical bombardment – signs, advertising, surveillance cameras, garbage – a place where shared practices and new technologies are experimented, and a showcase of projects stemming from the needs of the communities.
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