Pinacoteca
A NEW LAYOUT FOR THE FLEMISH MASTERS ROOM
12/06/2025
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From May 8 to November 4, in the Room 1 of the Pinacoteca, it will be possible to admire the exhibition “Natura morta” by sculptor Jago, curated by Maria Teresa Benedetti.
In a continuous dialogue between past and present, Jago openly engages with Caravaggio’s Basket of Fruit, one of the most iconic masterpieces in the Ambrosiana collection, with a work that transforms the language of tradition into a crude and current reflection: a basket filled not with fruit, but with weapons. Pistols, rifles, machine guns pile up in the basket, a symbol of a “nature” now contaminated by the violence and seriality of human production.
“Natura Morta” is born from a deep research into the very concept of fragility. If in Caravaggio’s painting the beauty of ripe fruit becomes a metaphor for the passing of time and the transience of life, Jago takes this reflection further, showing what crowds our existences today: objects built to kill, mass-produced, emptied of meaning and yet terribly real.
Jago, Natura morta, detail | Caravaggio, Basket of fruit, detail
Caravaggio, Basket of fruit, detail | Jago, Natura morta, detail
Until June 24, the Pinacoteca Ambrosiana in Milan hosts Art in Respect – A dialogue, a solo exhibition by artist and couturier Filippo Sorcinelli.
