4th Premio Cairo
The editorial team selected 50 participants and the readers of Arte chose the twenty finalists from among them. There are 40 works on show.
Selected artists
Guests: Adalberto Abbate, Massimiliano Alioto, Davide Avogadro, Carla Bedini, Matteo Bergamasco, Valerio Berruti, Benedetta Bonichi, Danilo Buccella, Antonella Cinelli, Gianluca Corona, Cristina Della Berta, Gavino Ganau, Giorgia Madiai, Paolo Maggis, Nicola Magrin, Marco Memeo, Alessandro Roma, Alessandro Scarabello, Dania Zanotto, Corrado Zeni.
The Jury
The Jury is composed by: Daniela Clerici, Rosellina Archinto, Fabio Cavallucci, Massimiliano Gioni, Marco Pierini, Ludovico Pratesi, Stefano Zecchi.
The winner
Matteo Bergamasco
oil on canvas, 170x250 cm.
Award-winning work
In his paintings he recounts everyday normality, the domestic intimacy of families grappling with the most mundane chores. There is the mother washing clothes, the children playing in the nursery, the birthday dinner that brings together relatives and friends. But the atmospheres described are permeated with a subtle restlessness, an existential bewilderment accentuated by the searching, imprecise, ill-defined brushstrokes.
Award citation
A scene of domestic life taken from the family album, described with strong realism and textural brushstrokes.