Supported by:
Ministero per i Beni Culturali e le Attività Culturali
Castellammare di Stabia City
With the collaboration of:
ARCHEOCLUB STABIAE
FIDAPA - Club Castellammare di Stabia
LIONS INERNATIONAL - Club Castellammare di Stabia Host
LIONS INERNATIONAL - Club Castellammare di Stabia Terme
ROTARY INERNATIONAL - Club Castellammare di Stabia
INNER WHEEL - Club Castellammare di Stabia
Annamaria Russo, has already been the principal guest painter in a series of exhibitions in particulary important places form the historical-artistic point of view lime "Bramante's hall" in Piazza del Popolo, "Cortile degli aranci" in the monumental complex of San Michele a Ripa, the "Scuderie" of Palazzo Ruspoli and the Barracco Museum in Rome, suggests today her reviewing of the figures of the Stabiae site and by drawings and engravings She measures herself with the classical visual legacy and from this She draws her inspiration to express the moods that the ancient handiwork provokes in her emotional shere.
The exhibition becomes the symbol of a tribute to the ancient Stabiae in the sphere of Restoring Ancient Stabiae Project.
The occasion of this exhibition is interesting to repropose an old but always valid speech. An artist who lives inside an informal dimension (as is the case of Annamaria Russo) measures himself with classical visual legacy and gives his personal version. continue >>
The exhibition that here is presented will offer to the visitors a very good occasion to refound Annamaria Russo's work especially in the more recent ones, result of a great care that the artist has dedicated to her work. continue >>
The artist, in the series of shown works referring to sculpture of the past, likes reliving them with a new and trembling spirit and with a touch of stroke, matched with a brilliant chromatism, referring to the Grand Tour travellers' emotions. continue >>
In the same week, may 2002, will be open two important artistic events that sign a new fervid period for the modem art in Castellammare di Stabia in the continuing of the splendid roman ancientness brightness that live in it. continue >>
I have known with great enthusiasm that, in the sphere of the initiatives connected with RAS project, is placed the figure of Annamaria Russo, of whom I have appreciated, since the beginnings, her great pictorial qualities coupled with a spontaneous and significative expressiveness. continue >>
In line with one among the main purposes of FIDAPA (Italian Federation Women Arts Professions Business), afferent to the international IBPW, that foresees the valorisation of the provinces of that women who works in the social, cultural and artistic field, I'm very honoured and pleased to present Annamaria Russo's works. continue >>
The Restoring Ancient Stabiae Project
Restoring Ancient Stabiae is a collaboration work that could be considered unique, because it joins Italian and American communities forces in a project that aims to the valorization of an important site, and at the same time, to the preservation of this precious artistic legacy for the future generations. Restoring Ancient Stabiae, that was born through an agreement of collaboration that sets as an objective the creation of an "archaeological park" for the ancient Stabiae - "lost" vesuvian town, obscured by the fame of its famous neighbours Pompei and Ercolano - is a scientific cooperation created in March 1988 between the Archaeological Superintendence of Pompei and the faculty of Architecture of the university of Maryland. One year late, the America Academy in Rome, joined in the project as a co-sponsor.
Through the scientific work done by the professors of the University of Maryland, who have collaborated with the staff of Superintendence to the elaboration of a Master Plan, in the organization of an archaeological survey of the site, in the planning of new infrastructures and administration systems, in the study of new systems of covering to preserve the rooms of the ancient roman villas partially excavated, Restoring Ancient Stabiae has made use of coming from New York, Texas and California studious and professionals' work and cooperation. Thanks to the participation of a representation team of the Restoring Ancient Stabiae project to the meeting of march 2000, organized to celebrate the anniversary of 250 years from the discovery of ancient Stabiae, Restoring Ancient Stabiae website (http://www.inform.umd.edu/ARCH/stabia.html) will soon become the international keeper for all those studiouses who would publish, in our internet pages, researches and articles from their works about ancient Stabiae.
At last, the sphere of Restoring Ancient Stabiae goes ahead the specific limit of the site. Thanks to the generous and brilliant sup port of "Stabiae renatae" committee, the Restoring Ancient Stabiae project has become the centre of a complex and stimulating cultural exchange between American studiouses, American professionals and designers, American students and the Italian intellectual and cultural community from Castellammare di Stabia that gathers 18 among associations and schools of the place. Moreover, the planned activities foreseen that the study and the planning of the archaeological park will be included in the actual process of urban revitalization of Castellammare di Stabia. Restoring Ancient Stabiae project, for the complete realization of the Stabiae archaeological park, on 7 February 2002, through the enterprise of the University of Maryland has been founded at Italian Embassy in Washington the Restoring Ancient Stabiae onlus foundation with its seat in Pompei, its president is the archaeological superintendence professor Pietro Giovanni Guzzo. This foundation is already strongly operating to the collecting of private funds and public contributes to realize, in the space of 10 years, the ancient Stabiae Great Archaeological Park.
It is essential that the town in all its cultural, scholastic, associative and public expressions, joint with enthusiasm, like it has already been and it is being, to this occasion so sole and unrepeatable.