Gabriele Ermini
Il corredo‎
curated by
Irene Angenica
Oriolo Romano (VT), Lazio
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The exhibition is open from Thursday to Sunday, from 5:00 PM to 7:30 PM.

For openings by appointment contact: + 335 585 2133.

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For the sixth edition of Una Boccata d’Arte, Gabriele Ermini presents a site-specific intervention in Oriolo Romano that weaves together contemporary art, imagined archaeology, and collective participation.
The project unfolds as a reflection on memory and the latent identity of the territory, taking the Parco di Palazzo Altieri—a site symbol of the village’s Renaissance roots—as a starting point to artistically evoke a hypothetical, yet plausible, Etruscan past.
The intervention adoptes the codes of parafiction, an artistic language that constructs believable fictions within real contexts. At the heart of the project is the staged discovery of an Etruscan funerary set: a group of ceramics “unearthed” in the area of Oriolo, but in reality crafted by the artist and displayed in the Casina di Caccia. Ceramics, a medium deeply rooted in Etruscan culture, becomes a tool for storytelling, connection, and reinterpretation.
Community involvement plays a central role. Through ceramic workshops for children and adults, local residents are invited to create “objects of desire”—small symbolic artifacts that are then scattered throughout the urban space. Visitors are encouraged to search for them using a hand-drawn map by the artist, activating an experience of discovery and connection with the place.
The work thus takes the form of a collective and widespread treasure, a trace of shared memory that crosses both time and space. The project invites us to reflect on what we perceive as authentic, and on how art can create new narratives, new forms of belonging, and deeper connections within a community.

Artworks:
01.
Gabriele Ermini, Il corredo, 2025, site-specific installation, mixed media, variable dimensions.Casina di Caccia, Parco di Palazzo Altieri, Largo Giorgio Santacroce, 4, Oriolo Romano (VT)

02. Gabriele Ermini, Il corredo di Oriolo Romano, 2025, site-specific installation, mixed media, variable dimensions.Installation created by the artist together with the community of Oriolo Romano.To find it, scan the QR code and follow the treasure map!

Workshop calendar

The first public event will be:

Tuesday, July 1st, from 4:00 PM to 7.30 pm

Together with Amici della Via Clodia APS, we will explore the Villa Altieri Park, with curator Irene Angenica we will visit Il Corredo, and with ceramist Iones Ricci, we will hold a ceramics workshop.

Target audience: 6 years – 100!
The workshops are free of charge.
No prior artistic skills are required.
For more information and to reserve your participation, please email:
ilcorredo.orioloromano@gmail.com

WHEN I PAINT, I MOVE LIKE A TOMB RAIDER: I EXPLORE THE SURFACE IN THE HOPE OF UNCOVERING SOMETHING PRECIOUS. I’M FASCINATED BY THE IDEA OF SEARCHING WITHOUT KNOWING EXACTLY WHAT I’M LOOKING FOR — AND WHAT COULD BE MORE WONDERFUL THAN DISCOVERING A TREASURE?ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ

Gabriele Ermini (Figline Valdarno, Italy, 1996) is an artist whose practice is primarily focused on painting. He currently lives and works in Bologna. In 2020, he earned a BA in Painting from the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence, and in 2024, he completed an MA in Visual Arts at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna, under the mentorship of Luca Caccioni. In 2019, he attended the Advanced Master’s Course in Printmaking at the International School of Graphic Art Il Bisonte in Florence, supported by a scholarship. He has participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions, including: Flatlandia, curated by Antonio Grulli, ArtNoble, Milan (IT, 2023); Hyper Contemporary, Hasbrook Gallery, Milwaukee (USA, 2022); and Salon Palermo, curated by Antonio Grulli, Rizzuto Gallery, Palermo (IT, 2021). In 2023, his works were exhibited at Artefiera and Fondazione Zucchelli in Bologna. In 2022, he won the Premio Zucchelli and in 2021, he was a finalist in the Emerging Art category at the Premio Fabbri. He has also participated in several artist residencies, such as D3CAM3RONE at Casa Francesconi, Trevi (IT, 2025); the Painting Symposium at Fondazione Lac o Le Mon, San Cesario (IT, 2023); and Lab for New Imaginations at MACRO - Museum of Contemporary Art, Rome (IT, 2022). His work has been featured in various specialized platforms, including Artribune, Exibart, ATP Diary, Generazione Critica, and Smallzine.


Oriolo Romano (VT)
Lazio

Oriolo Romano, located in the Tuscia region between Rome and Viterbo, lies along the ancient Via Clodia near Bracciano Lake. Founded in 1560 by Giorgio Santacroce, it is one of the few examples of a Renaissance settlement designed as an “ideal city.”At the heart of the village stands Palazzo Santacroce-Altieri, a noble residence from 1578 to 1604, now part of the Lazio Museum Network. Surrounded by an eight-hectare park, it houses frescoes and artworks and overlooks the monumental Fontana delle Picche, attributed to Vignola.The Olmate—tree-lined avenues linking Oriolo to Montevirginio—enrich the landscape. Among the area’s natural gems are the Mola dei Biscione, a former mill now a public park, and the ancient beech forest of Monte Raschio, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.Oriolo also preserves worship sites like the churches of San Giorgio and Sant’Anna, and vibrant traditions such as the feast of San Giorgio, the Acquacotta Festival, the Hunter’s Festival, Porcino Mushroom Month in September, and a charming live nativity scene at Christmas.


Thanks to: Emanuele Rallo, Erica Paris, Francesco Emanuele Salamone, Luisa Capogrossi, Roberta Ferrini, Lorenzo Bellini, Ludovica Gaglio, Paolo e Maia Guardalà, Ernesto Coata Sapienza, Marco Trulli, Sofia Tocca.
Irene Angenica

Irene Angenica (Catania, 1991) is an educational curator with a degree in Contemporary Art History and Art Education. She attended CAMPO at the Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo and co-founded the collective CampoBase.
She has collaborated with various institutions, including: Artissima in Turin, MACBA - Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona, and MAMbo - Museo d'Arte Moderna di Bologna.
From 2021 to 2025, she was responsible for educational and public activities at MACRO - Museo d'Arte Contemporanea di Roma. Her research focuses on discursive, workshop-based, and collective practices, favoring non-hierarchical approaches, educational activities, and convivial experiences.
For Una Boccata d'Arte 2024, she curated the project of Elena Rivoltini in Bassiano, in Lazio.