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The Roman bronze situla comes from a collection of archaeological artifacts confiscated at customs and transferred to the holdings of the National Museum of History of Moldova in 2009. Its place of discovery remains unknown.

A situla (Latin for "bucket") is a metal vessel-usually made of bronze-shaped like a pail and equipped with two movable handles at the top, traditionally used for mixing wine with water. The handles are attached to the vessel via two decorated ears that are welded to the rim.

The body of the situla is truncated-conical in shape and features two decorative bands with small circular patterns formed by hammering, located just below the rim.

Its base is double-layered: the inner bottom is hemispherical and hammered, while the outer bottom is flat and lathe-made. The outer base is welded to the inner bottom, serving as the vessel's foot-support.

This object was crafted using a combination of casting, hammering, and partial lathe-finishing. Dimensions: Maximum height - 31.7 cm; Maximum diameter - 22.8 cm; Base diameter - 13.5 cm

Situlae of this type originated in the Roman Empire and were later adopted by various ancient peoples, including those from the northwestern Pontic region.

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PIETRO FINELLI „NOIR TIME”

15 September - 15 October 2018

The exhibition proposes to the visitor a reflection on art and creativity of Italian artist Pietro Finelli.

The main idea of the exhibition is the dialogue between painting and cinema, life and cinema, especially "Noir" films, and Finelli being fascinated by this classic American movie. His interest in cinematography is based on a cognitive-visual process, which is increasingly triggered by this expressive environment through black and white contrasts. The artist is literally caught by this atypical way of focusing primarily on vision rather than on the subject. With some brushes on screen, Pietro Finelli creates the dark atmosphere of the mysterious "Noir" films from 1940-1950. The obscure obsession, the dark rooms, the mysterious nocturnal views of the anonymous cities, the light and the shadow, the foolish people - all these details strengthen the effect of alienation.

Pietro Finelli (1957) is a narrator of stories built on fragments of existence, motivated by the need to seek a deeper identity, a so-called "inherent substrate" that brings back the fullness of life. Finelli's art is an iconography of intuition that connects different levels of expression and repeatedly dissolves the boundaries between reality and illusion. In this way, the viewer is free to sink into an infinite sequence of meanings that are interconnected in a non-terminal process.

Pietro Finelli's work has been exhibited in national and international galleries and museums, including the New York MC Gallery, Il Ponte Contemporanea in Rome, Galerie Pack in Milan, Castel Nuovo Museum in Naples, the Modern and Contemporary Art Museum in Geneva, The FJKlemm Foundation in Buenos Aires, the Jacques Cerami Gallery in Belgium, the VELAN Contemporary Art Center in Turin, Italy.

Display period: 15 September - 15 October 2018.
Curator: Giovanni Iovane.