Hostia. Pier Paolo Pasolini

© Intesa Sanpaolo Publifoto Archive
Pier Paolo Pasolini, Claudia Cardinale and Ugo Tognazzi awarded the Grolle d'oro for Best Director, Best Actress and Best Actor respectively, at the 12th Saint Vincent Grand Prize for Cinema on 4 July 1964 (photograph by Danilo Pajola)

Baths of Diocletian Rome

When

From 13 April to 12 June 2022

Baths of Diocletian - Via E. De Nicola 78 – Rome

opening hours: from Tuesday to Sunday from 11:00 to 18:00

last admission at 17:00. Closed on Mondays

HOSTIA. PIER PAOLO PASOLINI
an exhibition by Nicola Verlato

Associazione MetaMorfosi in partnership with the Museo Nazionale Romano - Baths of Diocletian
13 April 2022 - 12 June 2022

The exhibition project, conceived by artist Nicola Verlato and produced and organised by Associazione MetaMorfosi and the Museo Nazionale Romano - Baths of Diocletian with the support of Intesa Sanpaolo, was inspired by the tragic death of Pier Paolo Pasolini and designed as a tribute to him with a series of artworks that form a thematic link with the great Halls of the Baths of Diocletian, a symbolic feature of Ancient Rome.

The exhibition originates from a large painting which, like an ancient altarpiece, represents Pasolini's body as he goes back through his life. Other paintings explore further aspects linked to the depiction in the main painting. Also included in the exhibition are a more-than-eleven-metre-long frieze, a very realistic, life-sized sculpture depicting Pasolini, and a number of sculpted heads. A series of video projections accompanied by music round off the exhibition.

The exhibition features a selection of photographs from the Intesa Sanpaolo Publifoto Archive showing Pasolini at public events (conferences, presentations, festivals etc.), covered by the photographic agency between 1959 and 1968.