As part of the annual program dedicated to research on contemporary languages, which has seen the MAN of Nuoro present artists such as Massimo Grimaldi, Alice Guareschi, Luca Spano in recent months as well as the special plan of residencies shared with the Monte Verità Foundation of Ascona, the museum announces a solo exhibition by Cristian Chironi (Nuoro 1974) exactly ten years after his last project for the MAN. Winner of Strategia Fotografia 2023 , a call from the Ministry of Culture which allowed the acquisition of nine works from his youthful production, Chironi will develop a new path at MAN entitled Living is a language and dedicated to the "Art of living".

In fact, for some time Cristian Chironi's research has developed through projects that require the artist to live and work in homes and art residences in various parts of the world. The best known is My house is a Le Corbusier , in which Chironi's life is intertwined with the architecture designed by Le Corbusier in 12 countries.

Chironi was also a resident at Casa Wabi, an architecture designed by Tadao Ando near Puerto Escondido in Oaxaca. He lived in the house of architect, designer and urban planner Pierre Jeanneret in Chandigarh, India. He lived in the house of writer Victoria Ocampo in Buenos Aires, designed by architect Alejandro Bustillo and considered the first representative house of the modern movement in Argentina. A housing project is also the one conceived by Chironi for the grottoes of the public gardens of Cagliari, a place full of history which during the Second World War was an anti-aircraft shelter and even a shelter for works of art.

In line with this path, the exploration of historic and important authorial architecture led the artist to also inhabit a "Brownstone" from 1850, a characteristic architecture located in Brooklyn and today considered among the best preserved examples of urban design of the 19th century in the United States.

Chironi's experience in these architectures is marked by moments of solitary work and moments of exchange with visitors, in which the interpretation of the architecture is rendered through the story and the direct observation of its space-time dimension. In these places, works and events are created on the spot, with a deep interest in the mix of different styles and the experimentation of unusual materials. A coherent research, focused on the concept of living explored from different perspectives. In this way, homes become a privileged observation point for the artist to understand the profound meaning of living, to reflect on issues related to gentrification and urban change. Thus, a relationship is established with the context, both human and environmental, which leads the artist to deal with ever-changing cultures and customs.