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Massimo Recalcati

The event features the book *Il seme santo* (The Holy Seed), a study by Massimo Recalcati on the poetics of artist Anselm Kiefer, exploring the connection between memory, trauma, and rebirth through contemporary art.

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Massimo Recalcati continues his exploration of the realm of art by examining the work of Anselm Kiefer. The text explores the process that transforms the wound of trauma into poetry and the rubble of history into an opportunity for redemption. Through an account of Kiefer’s experience, the author analyzes how the work of memory can shed new light on the past without succumbing to nostalgic resentment, focusing on elements such as the layering of signs, alchemical transformation, and the power of matter.

Massimo Recalcati

Massimo Recalcati is a psychoanalyst practicing in Italy, with numerous works translated into various languages. He taught the Psychology of Art at the University of Bergamo from 2004 to 2009 and currently teaches at IULM and the University of Milan. His publications include *The Miracle of Form: Toward a Psychoanalytic Aesthetics*, *Melancholy and Creation in Vincent van Gogh*, *The Mystery of Things: Nine Portraits of Artists,” “Alberto Burri: The Great Cretto of Gibellina,” “The Trauma of Fire: Life and Death in the Work of Claudio Parmiggiani,” and “The Silence of Matter: The Poetics of Antoni Tàpies’s Wall.”

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6:30 p.m. – None

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S. Bernardino Street, 141, 24121, Bergamo, BG

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