{"product_id":"povera-andrea-aversa","title":"“Povera” — Andrea Aversa","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn artist’s edition of 30 embroidered caps, based on a tourist hat owned and worn by the artist. Each cap is accompanied by a signed and numbered zine compiling texts collected by the artist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePovera\u003c\/em\u003e is an artistic and literary exploration of a simple idea, famously articulated by Dante in Canto VI of \u003cem\u003ePurgatorio\u003c\/em\u003e: “Ah, servile Italy, hostel of grief, ship without a pilot in a mighty storm, no queen of provinces, but a brothel!”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNearly seven centuries later, the Italian singer Franco Battiato voiced a similar lament, this time through the prism of political corruption: “Poor country, crushed by the abuses of power of vile people who know no shame.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eAndrea Aversa is an Italian visual artist based between Paris and Milan.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eHis practice seeks to create the conditions in which objects, images and materials produce and reveal unexpected relations across time, place and cultural contexts. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eHis practice spans sculpture, installation, lecture-performance, moving image and publications.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"KERMESSE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54141737959767,"sku":null,"price":40.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0695\/8347\/0885\/files\/cap2.jpg?v=1785250243","url":"https:\/\/kermesse.cool\/products\/povera-andrea-aversa","provider":"KERMESSE","version":"1.0","type":"link"}