This volume, edited by Paola Nicolin, accompanies the eponymous exhibition Come un limone lunare by the Italian New York–based artist Francesco Simeti, which opened the art program hosted by XNL Piacenza Contemporanea in 2023.
Francesco Simeti (born 1968 in Palermo, Italy, lives and works in New York) is an artist known for his site-specific installations, which aesthetically present enchanting scenes that reveal a more complex subtext upon closer inspection. His work often appropriates photographs from newspapers and magazines to raise questions about the role of images in contemporary discourse. Public Art is a fundamental aspect of his practice, he has worked with Percent for Art and Public Art for Public Schools in NYC, the Multnomah county in Oregon and has created permanent additions to subway stations in Brooklyn and Chicago.
