Gli artisti italiani e stranieri negli Stati Estensi - Fra astratto e informale

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Act or Perish: Gustav Metzger: a Retrospective is the first extensive overview of an artistic oeuvre considered as one of the most important in the 20th century, and spans the period from the late 1940s until today. It includes a systematic insight into Gustav Metzger's early years of political activism and his formative years as an artist. Showing the influence of environmental and political engagement on his artistic radicalization, it includes documentary material from the artist's newly rediscovered own archives. Gustav Metzger was born in 1926 in Germany to a family of Polish-Jewish descent. He grew up in the shadow of increased Nazi propaganda and power display in his hometown of Nurenberg. Metzger was rescued in 1939 and taken to England by the buses of the Refugee Children Movement, while his parents and elder brother perished in the Holocaust. A central role in Gustav Metzger's art is held by his manifestos for Auto-Destructive art - the first was published in 1959. The exhibition sheds light on how this radical move evolved from his experiments and developments with painting. In particular, his "demonstrations" with acid paintings, together with works on industrial materials, like mild steel and plastic, show a direct relationship to the manifestos for Auto-Destructive art.

Concetto Tamburello
Società Umanitaria

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Studio Marconi

Franco Assetto
Fabbri Editori

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Francesco Bonami
Mondadori Electa

L'obiettivo della mostra è quello di analizzare le tensioni, le relazioni e le similitudini esistenti fra gli artisti cinesi, coreani e giapponesi. Il progetto vuole abbracciare queste diversità e confrontarle con la realtà occidentale. Si metterà a confronto il lavoro di artisti asiatici delle ultime generazioni che sono cresciuti in contesti non più afflitti da un senso d'inferiorità verso l'Occidente. I lavori degli artisti si svilupperanno attraverso tutti i media, in particolare fotografia, video-installazioni, ma anche pittura e scultura attraverso un'estetica forte, nuova e imprevedibile. Gli artisti, alcuni già affermati sulla scena internazionale, altri emergenti nei loro paesi d'origine, metteranno a fuoco un panorama in vertiginosa trasformazione.

Umbro Apollonio, Michel Tapié
Éditions du Griffon

Chrissie Iles, Philippe Vergne
Whitney Museum of American Art

Rudy Chiappini
Museo Casa Rusca

Vittorio Sportoletti Baduel
Disegnodiverso - Galleria Tega

Gillo Dorfles, Loredana Parmesani
Umberto Allemandi & C.

Enrico Crispolti
Arnoldo Mondadori Editore