The forms of value. art and money edited by Marco Nereo Rotelli

The exhibition The Forms of Value. Art and Money, hosted by IULM in collaboration with the Milan Triennale, explored the complex relationship between the worlds of art and money. This unprecedented project highlighted the innovative and visionary approach of Marco Nereo Rotelli, an artist who has always sought to investigate the more intimate and philosophical dimensions of value.

Rotelli's works, through the use of symbols and forms that challenge visual conventions, invited reflection on the deeper meaning of value, not only in the economic sense, but as a representation of what is authentic, enduring and meaningful in our contemporary culture. Money, as a symbol of power and exchange, became the pretext for a reflection on the balance between creativity, economics and ethics.

The exhibition unfolded through a series of installations that interrogated the role of money in social, political and cultural dynamics. The works confronted the themes of speculation, capitalism and identity, using the symbolic language of art to transform money from a simple medium of exchange to an object of deeper reflection.

"The Forms of Value" was not just an exhibition, but anopportunity to approach a vision of art that is not afraid to question traditional categories, leading the public to question the true nature of value in an age marked by the commodification of every aspect of life.

The project was born out of a collaboration between the University and the Milan Triennale with the intention of breaking down the distance between the university system and the labor system. The exhibition was entirely curated and organized by the students of the second year of the Master of Arts, Heritage and Markets degree program of the University's Faculty of Arts, Tourism and Markets, with the critical coordination of Prof. Anna Luigia De Simone.

The project arose from the artist's invitation to reflect on the value of money, contrasting poetic and economic value through the use of words and poetry.

For the duration of the exhibition, the entire campus of the University hosted the exhibition, whose works included Poetic Bunker, a work first presented in 2001 at the 49th Venice Biennale.

During the opening of the exhibition, Rotelli created alight installation projected on the facade of the University's headquarters, inspired by the words of some of the personalities who spoke during the evening.