Photo: Attilio Maranzano. Courtesy of Fondazione Prada.


Listening-up

July 2014

Melodies at Fondazione Prada
The current exhibition at Fondazione Prada explores the relationship between art and sound and its development from the 16th century to the present day. It examines the iconic aspects of musical instruments, the rôle of the artist-musician, and the areas in which the visual arts and music have come together. Métronome, 1944 by Salvador Dalí / Indestructible Object, 1923 (1965) by Man Ray / Silent Metronome, 2005 by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen.