Alessandro Ridolfi was born in Vetralla in 1973 and trained at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze and the Accademia Lorenzo da Viterbo. From his earliest work, he developed a figurative practice marked by essential, gestural expression, gradually evolving toward a language that incorporates recycled and repurposed materials, in which matter becomes a vehicle of visual memory and a meditation on societal change. Alongside his painting, he has deepened his engagement with contemporary artistic languages through the creation of kinetic machines—including Il Colloquio, Radar, and Presenza in Assenza—which have been exhibited in various Italian cities, including Rome, Florence, and Perugia. His experimental impulse has also led him to theater, with the design of a kinetic machine for the performance Una macchina fatale, directed by Massimo de Rossi and presented at the Todi Art Festival, inspired by Franz Kafka's story In the Penal Colony. In addition to his painterly output, he has produced mural decoration interventions and collaborated with European theater and film productions, operating in both national and international contexts. In recent years, his research has increasingly focused on sculpture, where iron and resin engage in a dialogue between structural solidity and human fragility—themes that have also become the subject of his video art works, such as An Instant and Il circuito evadente.
KYLIX nasce dall'incontro tra memoria e contemporaneità. Il titolo richiama la kylix , l'antica coppa greca che diventa metafora: un contenitore capace di accogliere nuove forme, idee e linguaggi. In questa prospettiva, il museo stesso si trasforma in una kylix contemporanea. Le sue sale diventano uno spazio di incontro tra passato e presente, dove le testimonianze della storia dialogano con le ricerche artistiche del nostro tempo. KYLIX è un invito a osservare il museo non soltanto come luogo di conservazione, ma come organismo vivo, capace di accogliere, custodire e generare nuove esperienze culturali attraverso l'arte contemporanea. KYLIX emerges from the encounter between memory and contemporaneity. Its title refers to the kylix , the ancient Greek drinking cup preserved in the collections of the Museum of the Territory of Vetralla. More than an archaeological artifact, the kylix becomes a metaphor: a vessel capable of holding new forms, ideas, and artistic language...





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