Mamme d'Italia

The photographic exhibition Mamme d'Italia makes part of the programme called Grandi Stazioni (Great Stations), and aims to promote and re-evaluate the functional and social role of some of the most important Italian stations. This project originates from the willingness of widespreading a new concept of “station”, not only considered as a place of transit, but also a sort of “city square” with his own facilities and opportunities for spare time where all travelers and urban dwellers may meet and share their ideas and values. The stations of Roma Termini and Milano Centrale, with about 800.000 travelers everyday, have been chosen to present about 80 photographs shot by various artists on the subject of the “mother” and of the feminine universe in the last fifty years.

The catalogue presents the various sections of the exhibition through the reproductions of all the photographs on display and it is accompanied by an introduction by Marianella Sclavi and an essay by Tatiana Agliani.