ROME.- After the recent success of the solo show in New York City, ironically and prophetically entitled “An inevitable success”, blue and Joy come back to Rome after 5 years, and they do it at the Galleria Ca' d'Oro. The exhibition, curated by Maria Letizia Tega, is entitled “Landing is tiring” and opened to the public on the 17th of December. In the historical rooms of the roman gallery, where history was written by art giants such as De Chirico and Guttuso, it is up to Blue and Joy to ignore the weight of the past and unload the future with their irony and lightness.

Among the artworks a fleet of paper planes (actually made out of metal) is on display in the show. These works, which became a trademark of the recent Blue and Joy production, literally flew all over the planet during the collaboration between fashion powerhouse Fendi and the italian artist duo. The title of the exhibition refers specifically to the fact that these small artworks in the last 2 years have completed a full tour of the planet, landing in Tokyo, Paris, London, Hong Kong, Los Angeles, Miami, Berlin, Milan and other 25 cities around the globe.

“These planes have more kilometers under their wings, than a mid-carreer pilot” says Daniele Sigalot, who along with Fabio La Fauci founded the Blue and Joy project back in 2005.

The fleet of paper planes almost reach 1000 units, given they are being displayed simoultaneoulsy in 3 different installations. Beyond their iconic paper planes Blue and Joy also show two massive rose windows made of empty capsules and candies. The two works, which reproduce two circular church windows, are inspired by the two popes who share their residence in Saint Peter today, and become even more current during this Jubilee. An new installation and the aluminum letter written to Destiny to replace it from its duties complete the exhibition.

“The amusement and the return to childhood that the artwoks of Blue and Joy deliver are not a banal invitation to have fun, with a consequential resetting of the critical thinking, but a well developed analysis of society and human obsession. Irony is the only accessible way to survive and not to take itself too seriously in a reality that acclaims and turns into art whatever it is, as long as it is not comprehensible” argues the curator of the exhibition Maria Letizia Tega.

The exhibition runs until the 12th of January 2016 at the 1st floor of Via del Babuino 53, Rome.