{"id":10802,"date":"2021-04-14T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-14T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/italics.art\/?post_type=tip&#038;p=10802"},"modified":"2021-04-14T15:09:21","modified_gmt":"2021-04-14T13:09:21","slug":"kimsooja-cappella-portinari","status":"publish","type":"tip","link":"https:\/\/italics.art\/en\/tip\/kimsooja-cappella-portinari\/","title":{"rendered":"From Renaissance to Contemporary: Vincenzo Foppa and Kimsooja in the Cappella Portinari of the Basilica of Sant\u2019Eustorgio"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Walking through Milan, heading south along the cobblestone Corso di Porta Ticinese that ends with a Neoclassical gate, we arrive in Piazza Sant\u2019Eustorgio. Lifting our gaze, we first see the sky criss-crossed with tram wires and then the top of the bell tower where we find, instead of a cross, the star that guided the Magi.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/italics.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/4-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10185\" width=\"576\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/italics.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/4-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/italics.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/4-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/italics.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/4-113x150.jpg 113w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><figcaption>The eight-pointed star on top of the bell tower of the Basilica of Sant&#8217;Eustorgio, Milan, January, 2021<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>One winter\u2019s day in early 2018, on a visit to the basilica of Sant\u2019Eustorgio, the South Korean artist Kimsooja glimpsed a new chapter of the project for which she is known the world over. To <g id=\"gid_0\">Breathe \/ Respirare<\/g> is a minimalist work, made up solely of light, that connects churches and institutions: from the Chapelle des Augustins in Poitiers to the cathedral of Saint-\u00c9tienne in Metz, up to the Palacio de Cristal in Madrid. In each of these places, Kimsooja covered the windows with a special transparent film that filtered the sun\u2019s rays, revealing a spectrum of colours that changed from dawn to dusk.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/italics.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/3-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11160\" width=\"384\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/italics.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/3-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/italics.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/3-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/italics.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/3-113x150.jpeg 113w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 384px) 100vw, 384px\" \/><figcaption>The square of Sant&#8217;Eustorgio and the main facade of the homonymous Basilica, Milan, January, 2021<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In the Cappella Portinari of the Milanese basilica, <g id=\"gid_0\">the <a href=\"https:\/\/chiostrisanteustorgio.it\/en\/luogo\/cappella-portinari\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Renaissance frescoes by Vincenzo Foppa<\/a><\/g> are literally invested with a new light that is not only a symbol of the divine but also an impalpable architectural element determinant in the relationship of the body with the space. <g id=\"gid_1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chiostrisanteustorgio.it\/en\/mostra\/kimsooja-to-breathe-respirare\/#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The work<\/a><\/g>, which the artist recently donated to this historic place of rest and meditation for pilgrims and which will remain as a permanent installation, is an invitation to a form of aesthetic contemplation that expands the spiritual experience and renews the encounter between physical and metaphysical, ancient and contemporary.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/italics.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/1-1-710x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10182\" width=\"533\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/italics.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/1-1-710x1024.jpg 710w, https:\/\/italics.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/1-1-208x300.jpg 208w, https:\/\/italics.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/1-1-104x150.jpg 104w, https:\/\/italics.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/1-1-768x1108.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 533px) 100vw, 533px\" \/><figcaption>Kimsooja, <em>To Breathe \/ Respirare<\/em>, 2018. View of the permanent installation for the Portinari Chapel, Basilica of Sant&#8217;Eustorgio, Milan, curated by Giovanni Iovane. Photo: Paola Di Bello. The installation was donated by the artist to the Chiostri di Sant&#8217;Eustorgio in 2021. Thanks to Luciano Formica, Head of Cultural Initiatives of the Museum. Courtesy Galleria Raffaella Cortese, Milan and Kimsooja Studio<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Walking through Milan, heading south along the cobblestone Corso di Porta Ticinese that ends with a Neoclassical gate, we arrive in Piazza Sant\u2019Eustorgio. 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