IN TIME
In its fourteenth edition, Flashback continues its exploration of time as a critical and active dimension of artwork. With IN TIME as its title and field of investigation, the fair renews its vision— all art is contemporary—examining time not as a simple chronological succession, but as a value, condition, and possibility of existence in the present.
IN TIME also means to be capable of intercepting the world's tensions, urgencies and transformations. In this sense, being contemporary does not coincide with an historical date, but with a critical position, with the ability to inhabit the present and make it legible.
The title is inspired by Andrew Niccol's film, which proposes a sociological and anthropological vision in which time becomes the only truly available, measurable, and exchangeable resource.
Flashback IN TIME embraces this suggestion as a critical stimulus, inviting galleries to engage with time as the living material of the work. From this perspective, the artwork becomes a space capable of reactivating itself in the present and generating new readings.
Space Shuttle Discovery Over Tarfaya in Morocco
NASA International Space Station 03-07-11
The key image of the edition IN TIME is by Paolo Nespoli (astronaut).
This summer in the mountains, at a gathering where art and science entered into dialogue, Paolo shared a poetic reflection with us, telling us how, shut inside the spacecraft, he observed and interpreted planet Earth. At a speed of 28,000 km/h borders appear irrelevant and time takes on a relative dimension. In this way, from space, Paolo offers us a perspective that challenges our divisions and helps us recognise what truly matters.
In this edition, Flashback asks, and asks itself, whether we are able to recognise the value of our time. Through Nespoli’s images we are invited to change our point of observation in order to recognise what, immersed in everyday life, we often fail to see.
Ginevra Pucci and Stefania Poddighe, the fair’s directors, state: “For Flashback, the place of action is the Earth, and the artist is its astronaut, exploring the world to which they belong, observing its transformations and returning images capable of challenging our certainties. Theirs is an oblique gaze. Distance from what is familiar becomes a tool for understanding, for looking at the world again with greater awareness”.
Exhibitors
Aleandri Arte Moderna, Roma (IT); Antiques Par Force, Roma (IT); Arcuti Fine Art, Roma, Torino (IT); Atipografia, Arzignano, VI (IT); Galleria Aversa, Torino (IT); Umberto Benappi, Torino (IT); Botticelli Antichità, Firenze (IT); Studio d'Arte Campaiola, Roma (IT); Galleria Canesso, Milano (IT), Parigi (FR); Ciacek Gallery, Varsavia (PL); Galleria Ferrero, Ivrea, TO (IT); Galleria Del Ponte, Torino (IT); Galleria dello Scudo, Verona (IT); Galleria Giamblanco, Torino (IT); Yvonne Hohner Contemporary, Karlsruhe (DEU); Kollenburg Antiquairs, Oirschot (NL); Kromya Art Gallery, Verona (IT), Lugano (CH); LANG, Amsterdam (NL); Galleria Lombardi, Roma, Milano (IT); Luma Arte Contemporanea, Orte, VT (IT); Lorenzo e Paola Monticone Gioielli d'Epoca, Torino (IT); Mendittorosa, Napoli (IT); Nathalie Motte Masselink, Parigi (FR); Galleria d'Arte Niccoli, Parma (IT); NP ArtLab, Milano (IT); Nuova Galleria Morone, Milano (IT); Open Art, Prato, PO (IT); Photo&Contemporary, Torino (IT); Galleria Ponti, Roma (IT); Flavio Pozzallo, Oulx, TO (IT); Richard Saltoun, Roma (IT), Londra (UK), New York (USA); Sangallo Fine Art, Vasto, CH (IT); Gian Enzo Sperone, Sent (CH); Galleria Antonella Villanova, Firenze (IT); Floris Van Wanroij, Dommelen (NL).
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