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A huge thanks to everyone that showed up to yesterday’s Finissage which commemorated the closing of Giulia Mangoni’s exhibit  “Primordial Shoes // Scarpe Primordiali” 

The evening was spent in the company of companions from an array of different backgrounds. It was a fitting parallel that in the vicinity of Mangoni’s works, which function to re-define ideas of identity and where one fits in, that conversations and connections were developing amongst people who in that moment were defining themselves within the space of the event and to each other. Those who attended were enacting the will of Mangoni’s works, consciously or not. 

During the evening Mangoni provided a rousing speech which highlighted how her works function to re-define the layered identity of the Ciociaria region. A region once known for its spaghetti westerns and cowboy culture. She explained how her works are alive and tasked with recontextualizing the region and breaking down rigid ideas about identity and personal history. History is a malleable concept that can and will be shaped by people like Mangoni.

Anouk Chambaz then stepped up and drew our attention to a jar that was precariously placed on the edge of a shelf. She explained how women have been treated as objects, their sexuality a commodity to be taken forcefully against their will. The broken pot is a metaphor for the loss of a woman’s virginity. Yet, women are more than that. They are not objects to be broken or used. Their identities are not forged by what happens to them, but instead by how they choose to interact with the world and their histories. 

With ideas of identity and being resonating in our minds, Professor Inge Hansen then gave an inspirational speech which illustrated the power of art and how it can function to go beyond the borders of its own canvas and inspire change in both people and the world. In a space that was dominated by women and surrounded by works of art created by women, it was especially poignant when Professor Hansen noted how women are capable of being daring and of writing their own histories. That women are capable of changing the world. And it is through creativity and art that the voices of those who have historically been ignored are amplified to such a degree that they manage to break free of the  boundaries they have been placed in and cause large-scale change. 

Many thanks to these inspirational women who, without them the evening would not have been so inspiring and enjoyable. We look forward to what the future holds for Giulia Mangoni, and once again thank her for allowing the 4m2 Gallery to display her beautiful works.     

Paintings by: Giulia Mangoni 

Dear #jcuRome, 

We are once again honored to welcome you all to our 4m2 Gallery Fall Finissage commemorating Giulia Mangoni’s “Primordial Shoes // Scarpe Primordiali” exhibit. 

The event will take place on Friday, October 15 from 18:30 - 20:30. The location is the Frohring Library of John Cabot’s Guarini Campus.

This is an in-person event, so we ask that anyone interested in attending RSVP at [email protected]. Any questions can be directed to this email a well.

Giulia Mangoni is a Brazilian-Italian artist who mixes South American and European pictorial traditions in order to play with notions of memory and identity. Her exhibit “Primordial Shoes // Scarpe Primordiali” displays her new works that were inspired by her return to her birthplace in Ciociaria region, in meridional Italy, after years of living abroad. Mangoni has created canvas and layered panels which highlight the performed rurality and cowboy culture of her local territory.

Please help us with giving Mangoni a warm send off and a hearty thanks for allowing the 4m2 Gallery to display her works since Spring of 2021 

We hope to see you all there!

Dear #jcuRome community, dear friends,

We have a pleasure to invite you to our 4m2 Gallery Fall Finissage dedicated to Liz Rideal’s ”Temporal Stabilities" exhibition


Happening this Thursday, Nov 19, at 6pm CET (Rome time), on Zoom. Please register by clicking on the link in our bio on Instagram or on our Facebook page.

Our Finissage is dedicated to a British artist Liz Rideal and her exhibition ”Temporal Stabilities," currently occupying the Library Upper Reading Room and the Aurelian Wing in Guarini Campus

Era di Marzo // It was in March 

 On the evening of the spring equinox, March 21, 2019, the Art History Society held a vernissage in the 4m2 Gallery in John Cabot University’s Frohring Library.