TANZ AUF DEM VULKAN is the new exhibition of the Morra Greco Foundation, an exhibition project that brings together a selection of works of painting, sculpture, installation, photography and video from the Morra Greco collection. The works on display interrogate the legacy of modernism through a critical reading of society and individual life in late capitalism.

The title refers to a 1938 German musical inspired by a phrase uttered by the then German Foreign Minister, Gustav Stresemann, who characterized German society in the midst of turbulent change as "dancing on a volcano." The title was later revived for a 1998 documentary film, Berlin Techno Sex: Tanz auf dem Vulkan, which focused on the Berlin gay scene set within the framework of the musical subculture of techno, the world of clubbing, and a scenario of escape and liberation which more generally characterized the spirit of the early 2000s and the post-fall of the Berlin Wall.

Photographing a cross-section of the Morra Greco collection for the second year in a row, the exhibition traces a path through international art from the early 2000s to the present day, highlighting in particular the connection of the collection with Central European and German art.

Project financed with resources from the POC Campania FESR 2014/2020, Strategic Plan for Culture and Cultural Heritage Global Forum - Contemporary art exhibitions EDI 2023 - CUP C64H22001450006