Gillian Wearing and Michael Landy's joint exhibition shows the artistic power of love
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Thomas Dane Gallery in Naples hosts the Art Lovers exhibition, highlighting artists Michael Landy and Gillian Wearing. This show features their first collaboration, merging new works inspired by Naples with older pieces. Wearing revisits her landmark project Signs, capturing the hopes and fears of Neapolitans, resonating with contemporary themes. The exhibition showcases Wearing's return to painting, revealing her rekindled passion for the medium during lockdown, alongside intimate watercolors and striking imagery reminiscent of Edward Hopper's work.
The gallery's Art Lovers show offers an affectionately affirmative celebration of the artist couple Michael Landy and Gillian Wearing, who have lived together for more than two decades but always worked separately.
For Art Lovers, Wearing has revisited the Naples version of her landmark work Signs, where she engaged passersby to express their inner thoughts through signs.
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