ROMA AMOR

19, November 2012
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ROMA AMOR
ROMA AMOR
Date03, Nov 2012 to 30, Nov 2012
Time10.00-19.00 (Tuesdays-Saturday)
PlaceLa Lanta Fine Art Sukhimvit 31, Bangkok
Location GuideAsoke BTS (Sky Train), Sukhimvit MTR
AdmissionFree
Detailshttp://www.lalanta.com/ (+66)2 204 0583, (+66)2 260 5381, FAX (+66)2 204 0582, info@lalanta.com

The exhibition ROMA AMOR discusses the ugly truth of Italian reality. The word ROMA, meaning Rome, is reversed to AMOR or Love in Italian language. La Franca juxtaposes two different images of Italian landmarks in the most dramatic contrast. One symbolizes the cultural decay through the lens of ‘Inferno,’ masked by the gruesome scene in animal slaughterhouse. The other represents the city in rebirth through the lens of ‘smile,’ with reference to the story in 390 B.C. when geese saved the Rome by squawking to awake the soldiers against the intruding enemy.