"Origin" by Caroline Pera

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Ended:October 19th 2020, 12:00pm EDT

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The Prize

Caroline Pera, "Origin", 2019.

Wood, copper, earth, concrete and brick, 90x90 cm.

Caroline Pera is a Franco-American artist, born in Milan in 1987. She studied at Central St. Martins in London and currently lives in Milan. She uses art and aestheticism as a psychological and anthropological research tool in her portraits.

In the works of this artist, an almost scientific approach to paintings prevails: she collects, documents and amalgamates different elements of a subject, in order to create a portrait, as if it were a puzzle. The artist behaves like an anthropologist, integrating herself into a community to interact with her subjects and acquire authentic visual information. The portrait provides the artist and the viewer with a whole world of personal memories, emotions and stories.

This artwork is part of the Viva la Vulva by Nuvenia project: a collective exhibition by international artists that aims to break down taboos linked to the female body in conjunction with an online charity auction in favor of the Italian Red Cross. The works will be on display at Six Gallery in Milan from 9 to 11 October.

"We are born free from taboos. We live in a society that forces them upon us, feeding stereotypes. Talking about them helps to break them down and learn to accept each other: because we are all perfect precisely because we are different".

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The Cause

The Italian Red Cross has been in the front line since the beginning of the alert regarding Covid-19 taking multiple actions such as emergency services, health services, psychological support, logistics, informative activities, surveillance activities, health screenings and giving substantial support for crucial activities to help fighting against the outbreak that is putting our Nation in a very difficult situation.

In partnership with the Public Health Department and Civil Protection Department, the ItRC is safely managing the transport of potentially suspect cases to health facilities and of positive cases in need of transfer to predisposed structures or in case of hospital discharge to provide care at home.

Through regional Emergency Units the Italian Red Cross is coordinating the logistic support of pre-triage activities, which are predisposed by the main hospitals with the aim to identify any new positive cases before they enter the emergency room, and home health care services.

We should never forget that the people are at the heart of our vision and of our actions and in this emergency situation, we have chosen to inaugurate the new motto “tempo della gentilezza” (time of kindness): the ItRC has intensified all services on national territory dedicated to support the most vulnerable community members: these services include home deliveries of groceries, medicines and essential goods and social transport if needed.

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Item #P43080

In condition as donated.

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