‘Parallel Visions’ is a community exhibition exploring twentieth century Italian art and design history through contemporary artistic practices and academic research.
Showcasing the work of four artists, an exhibition designer, and a design historian, their Italian cultural heritage is celebrated in paintings, photographs, sculptural objects, display systems, and virtual reality experiences. Artists Liliana Barbieri, Anna Caione, Sarina Lirosi and Wilma Tabacco have each created works in response to Italian designers, Bruno Munari, Gaetano Pesce, Alessandro Mendini and Giò Pomodoro. Digital reproductions by Flavia Marcello presents a virtual reality experience of the design and art museum, Milan Triennale. Karen Fermo references Giuseppe Pagano’s 1930s travelling exhibition design to create the exhibition catalogue’s display stand.
‘Parallel Visions’ celebrates the cross-fertilisation of ideas throughout Italian art and design history and pays tribute to the legacy of twentieth century Italian designers.
![Blue folded paper standing against a wall next to smaller yellow folded paper](/sites/default/files/styles/council_photo_gallery_small/public/2022-07/1.%20Liliana%20Barbieri%20-%20%26%23039%3BDanza%201%20and%202%26%23039%3B%201200%20x%20675px.png?itok=ToGuvJrX)
![A series of blue hexagons of different sizes overlapping on a white wall](/sites/default/files/styles/council_photo_gallery_small/public/2022-07/2.%20Liliana%20Barbieri%20-%20%26%23039%3BNegativo-Positivo%26%23039%3B%201200%20x%20675px.png?itok=9LZZChCF)
![A hexagonal canvas painted to show a stack of shapes in blues, yellows, and oranges.](/sites/default/files/styles/council_photo_gallery_small/public/2022-07/3.%20Liliana%20Barbieri%20-%20At%20this%20Point%201%20-%201200%20x%20675%20px.png?h=c74750f6&itok=DIPD2Els)
![A hexagonal canvas painted to show a stack of shapes in oranges, blues, and reds.](/sites/default/files/styles/council_photo_gallery_small/public/2022-07/4.%20Liliana%20Barbieri%20-%20At%20this%20Point%202%20-%201200%20x%20675%20px.png?h=c74750f6&itok=qKIjK0qD)
![A hexagonal canvas painted to show a stack of 3 dimensional shapes in differerent shades of yellow.](/sites/default/files/styles/council_photo_gallery_small/public/2022-07/5.%20Liliana%20Barbieri%20-%20At%20this%20Point%203%20-%201200%20x%20675%20px.png?h=c74750f6&itok=l7fhazOQ)
![Strips of red hanging material in front of a wall with large red circles mounted on it.](/sites/default/files/styles/council_photo_gallery_small/public/2022-07/6.%20Anna%20Caione%20-%20%26%23039%3BLa%20Mamma%20Dispersa%26%23039%3B%20-%201200%20x%20675%20px.jpg?itok=Pjq9CSO8)
![A wooden stand showing a series of posters that stand side by side showing information about Parallel Visions](/sites/default/files/styles/council_photo_gallery_small/public/2022-07/7.%20Karen%20Fermo%20-%20Display%20System%201200%20x%20675%20px.png?h=c74750f6&itok=46SS4upJ)
![A computer generated image of a green house in a modern design with class windows and a second level with a small umbrella over a deckchair](/sites/default/files/styles/council_photo_gallery_small/public/2022-07/8.%20Flavia%20Marcello%20-%20%E2%80%98Triennale%20Virtuale%E2%80%99%20Fly-through%20of%20Virtual%20Reconstruction%20of%20the%20Saturday%20House%20for%20Newly%20Weds%20%281933%29%26%23039%3B%20-%201200%20x%20480%20px.png?itok=ssusF5Nz)
![A computer generated image of an exhibition space with a parge sign saying 'Vitruvio' and scaffolding in the large open space displaying items as part of an exhibition](/sites/default/files/styles/council_photo_gallery_small/public/2022-07/9.%20Flavia%20Marcello%20-%20%26%23039%3BTriennale%20Virtuale%E2%80%99%20Fly-through%20of%20Virtual%20Reconstruction%20of%20the%20Exhibition%20of%20Serial%20Production%20%281940%29%26%23039%3B%20-%201200%20x%20675px.png?itok=WQr_xMOk)
![A series of framed images on a wall, each showing gold objects](/sites/default/files/styles/council_photo_gallery_small/public/2022-07/10.%20Wilma%20Tabacco%20-%20Gold%20Mine%20-%201200%20x%20675%20px.png?h=c74750f6&itok=qnK5TfOG)
![A small metal ball with pins in it, on a white surface with orange and yellow flowers painted on it](/sites/default/files/styles/council_photo_gallery_small/public/2022-07/11.%20Sarina%20Liossi%20-%20%26%23039%3BQuali%20Cose%20Sono%20%28Things%20I%20Am%29%26%23039%3B%20-%201200%20x%20675%20px.png?itok=M1Pm34VF)
![A tower of playing cards 2 stories high on a surface with small blue flowers on it](/sites/default/files/styles/council_photo_gallery_small/public/2022-07/12.%20Sarina%20Liossi%20-%20%26%23039%3BQuali%20Cose%20Sono%20%28Things%20I%20Am%29%26%23039%3B%20-%201200%20x%20675%20px.png?itok=X-loHUfO)
![A small stack of crocheted pillows on a small kettle with a crocheted cover on it, sitting on a background with little blue flowers](/sites/default/files/styles/council_photo_gallery_small/public/2022-07/13.%20Sarina%20Liossi%20-%20%26%23039%3BQuali%20Cose%20Sono%20%28Things%20I%20Am%29%26%23039%3B%20-%201200%20x%20675%20px.png?itok=MGOg0j2f)
![A 2 dimensional paper puppet of a small child in a running pose, in front of a background with pink flowers](/sites/default/files/styles/council_photo_gallery_small/public/2022-07/14.%20Sarina%20Liossi%20-%20%26%23039%3BQuali%20Cose%20Sono%20%28Things%20I%20Am%29%26%23039%3B%20-%201200%20x%20675%20px.png?itok=t9flHQlB)
![A stack of glasses with gold rims and frosting that is precariously leaning to one side, in front of a background of blue flowers](/sites/default/files/styles/council_photo_gallery_small/public/2022-07/15.%20Sarina%20Liossi%20-%20%26%23039%3BQuali%20Cose%20Sono%20%28Things%20I%20Am%29%26%23039%3B%20-%201200%20x%20675%20px.png?itok=cpJ-FVq1)
![A religious looking figurine of a person in a green robe with their hand outstretched in a stopping motion](/sites/default/files/styles/council_photo_gallery_small/public/2022-07/16.%20Sarina%20Liossi%20-%20%26%23039%3BQuali%20Cose%20Sono%20%28Things%20I%20Am%29%26%23039%3B%20-%201200%20x%20675%20px.png?itok=brmMn8C9)
![A silver metal clock with a purple face showing 10:15, in front of a wallpaper background with pink flowers](/sites/default/files/styles/council_photo_gallery_small/public/2022-07/17.%20Sarina%20Liossi%20-%20%26%23039%3BQuali%20Cose%20Sono%20%28Things%20I%20Am%29%26%23039%3B%20-1200%20x%20675px.png?itok=g0TVDGwS)
![A figurine of a blue bird on a wallpaper background of green and red fleur de lises](/sites/default/files/styles/council_photo_gallery_small/public/2022-07/18.%20Sarina%20Liossi%20-%20%26%23039%3BQuali%20Cose%20Sono%20%28Things%20I%20Am%29%26%23039%3B%20-%201200%20x%20675px.png?itok=EHVI5faB)
![The metal top of a bottle opener, showing the face of a person in the reflection of the metal top of the bottle opening which also looks like a face](/sites/default/files/styles/council_photo_gallery_small/public/2022-07/19.%20Sarina%20Liossi%20-%20%26%23039%3BQuali%20Cose%20Sono%20%28Things%20I%20Am%29%26%23039%3B%20-%20%201200%20x%20675px.png?itok=i_jRcF5I)
![The tope of a glass vessle that has gold decorations and green frosting on the glass.](/sites/default/files/styles/council_photo_gallery_small/public/2022-07/20.%20Sarina%20Liossi%20%26%23039%3BQuali%20Cose%20Sono%20%28Things%20I%20Am%29%26%23039%3B%20-1200%20x%20675px.png?itok=KyXrgtid)