From 18 March to 28 August 2016 Fondazione Prada is presenting L’image volée, a group exhibition curated by the artist Thomas Demand. In a display space designed by sculptor Manfred Pernice, the exhibition is spread over both levels of the Nord gallery at the Fondazione’s Milan headquarters.
L’image volée includes over 90 works by more than 60 artists, created between 1820 and the present day. Thomas Demand’s aim when putting together the exhibition was to investigate the ways we all rely on pre-existing models, and how artists have always referred to existing imagery to create their own works. L’image volée therefore focuses on theft, authorship and appropriation, and the creative potential of these pursuits.