La Fabbrica del Vapore, from October 4th to 31st, opens the first important retrospective dedicated to the work of Jean-Marie Barotte (1954-2021), promoted by the Municipality of Milan - Culture and Fonds Barotte Madau with the association T.Art and produced by Fonds Barotte Madau and Fabbrica del Vapore. The exhibition, set up in the Spazio Messina on the ground floor, is curated by Chiara Gatti and Marco Bazzini with the artistic direction of Maria Cristina Madau.

Born in 1954, to a French father and an Italian mother, after the Paolo Grassi School of Dramatic Art and various activities in the Milanese cultural scene, particularly with the Milanese company Teatro AlKaest, Jean Marie Barotte embraces the world of experimental theater, which leads him to experience acting, directed by the great director and painter Tadeusz Kantor.

The exhibition traces the artist's reflection from 1987 with Au commencement était le signe, the beginning of his pictorial journey during international tours with the theater, up to Tout se tient en équilibre précaire, created in December 2020, a month before his death.

The exhibition's itinerary is structured as an initiatory journey consisting of nine thematic rooms: The Theater Room, Au commencement était le signe and The Secret Garden, Méditations érotiques, La noche oscura, Voyage de l’âme, NEROCENERE, Cosmografie, the Ultima Suite Installation, and Tout se tient en équilibre précaire.