Award-winning Italian poet Gabriele Tinti presents his new poems, inspired by the museum’s ancient Roman sculpture, The Bateman Mercury. Currently on view in the galleries of To Rome and Back: Individualism and Authority in Art, 1500–1800, the sculpture harkens back to a time when the ancient Roman world’s pantheon of deities represented important human qualities relating both to everyday life and the afterlife. Mercury (whose identity overlapped with Hermes from ancient Greece) was one of the ancient world’s most popular Roman gods, the embodiment of commerce, travel, and trade; thus he is often depicted with wings on his feet and helmet.
Tinti, who has collaborated with the J. Paul Getty Museum, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the British Museum, as well as LACMA, presents this group of poems as part of his Ruins series, in which he has gathered writings, verses, fragments, and short essays.
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On March 19, Tinti will also partecipate in Facebook live from the galleries by the J. Paul Getty Museum. It is possible to watch it live by logging on to the Museum official Facebook pages (Getty Museum and Getty Villa) at 10am.
During the reading, the author will be accompanied by actor Jamie McShane, best known for his roles in Bloodline, Sons of Anarchy, The Passage.
The event is presented in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute and sponsored by Fondazione Cultura e Arte.
