Tra eroi, antieroi e pura umanità una mostra a Roma diventa metafora della crisi attuale
The Museo di Roma Palazzo Braschi in Rome is hosting "It's Happening Again," a solo exhibition by artist Adrian Tranquilli, curated by Studio Stefania Miscetti and running until May 24. The show presents new works including the monumental sculpture "Endsong" (2025), a black monolith inspired by Kubrick's "2001: A Space Odyssey" covered in hundreds of Joker faces, and a large pop-up book titled "My Little White Book" (2026). Tranquilli's pieces, often built from playing cards, explore themes of power, fragility, and the instability of cultural symbols.
This exhibition matters because Tranquilli uses pop culture icons—Batman, the Joker, Kubrick's monolith—to critique Western society's fragile foundations and the arbitrary nature of its symbols. By blending sacred and profane, comic and music, the artist creates a metaphor for contemporary crisis, challenging viewers to question who are the real villains and heroes. The show continues Tranquilli's long-standing anthropological investigation into how power is constructed and deconstructed through visual culture, making it relevant to current debates about authority and meaning.