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Pinacoteca Agnelli presents a new chapter of Beyond the Collection, its exhibition programme dedicated to the reactivation of the museum鈥檚 Permanent Collection, with a project by Polish artist Piotr 鲍办濒补艅蝉办颈. The exhibition Faux Amis will be set within the Scrigno gallery of the Pinacoteca and complemented by two additional interventions by the artist in Turin鈥檚 鈥淔rancesco Garnier Valletti鈥� Museum of Fruit and the 鈥淟uigi Rolando鈥� Museum of Human Anatomy, University of Turin.

Invited to propose a project interacting with the Pinacoteca鈥檚 Permanent Collection, 鲍办濒补艅蝉办颈 chose to engage with the entire space of the Scrigno gallery, in a provocative game of resonances, references and relationships with his pictorial, installation and photographic works. The title of the exhibition Faux Amis (false friends) 鈥� a French expression referring to words in different languages that sound similar but have different meanings 鈥� anticipates how 鲍办濒补艅蝉办颈 juxtaposes his works with those of Bernardo Bellotto, Henri Matisse, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Antonio Canova and 脡douard Manet. The artist outlines similarities often based on the pictorial genre and on formal and iconographic references, alluding to complex and layered readings of art history. With an approach he himself defines as 鈥渃annibalistic鈥�, 鲍办濒补艅蝉办颈 scours art history and finds sustenance in centuries of art produced by artists who preceded him. Faux Amis underscores the role of the study and knowledge of art history in contemporary practices and presents unexpected viewpoints on the masterpieces of the Permanent Collection.