Room 18

In the last salon, again with frescoes by Martorana and Fumagalli, there are two monumental works from the 1980s. One is by Gilbert & George and the other by David Tremlett.

Gilbert & George

Grounded is done in 1988 by Gilbert & George. It is part of a series of works that explores the alienation created by man’s compulsive exploitation of natural world.

David Tremlett

Tremlett’s pastel on paper (1.9.8.5.) is an example of the huge works and wall drawings that he was creating from the mid-nineteen eighties.

Ceremonial seat from the late 17th

Sitting between the two contemporary works is a bishop’s ceremonial seat from the late 17th century. This faldstool is made by those a sculptor close to Gian Lorenzo Bernini.

Andy Warhol

A contemporary Memento Mori is Skull by Andy Warhol (1976), conceived after he suffered a near fatal attempt on his life in 1968.