Image courtesy the artist and Francesca Minini
Riccardo Previdi
Broken Display
15 November 2012 – 30 January 2013
at Francesca Minini, Milan
The English word display contains many meanings. As verb it means to show, exhibit, manifest and flaunt; as a noun: show, demonstration, exhibition, manifestation, and ostentation, among other things. Its origin is to be found in the words – first recorded between 1250 and 1300 – desplayen (from Middle English) and despleier (from Old French), which in turn derive from the Late Latin term displicÄre, meaning to explain, to unfold.
The role of this word in our society has grown exponentially of late. For some of its multiple meanings, many languages contain no translation of the English term. Take for instance the screen, the surface on which images appear, increasingly defined as a display, in Italian and in other languages. In the technical parlance of architects this word is used to describe the expositional arrangements in museums and shops. Those working in the art field use it to refer the architecture of an exhibition. [read the full text here]
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Riccardo Previdi, Broken Display, installation view, 2012. Courtesy the artist and Francesca Minini
Riccardo Previdi, Broken Display, installation view, 2012. Courtesy the artist and Francesca Minini