Roma's Palazzo delle Esposizioni gives homage to an all-Italian cross-section of history, from the post-war period to the years of the economic boom. The history of Italy, but an Italy which, through the lively intellectual climate of the capital, aims to capture International attention. Rome is in fact the true protagonist of these years, a dynamic meeting place for artists, critics, writers, actors.The exhibition, designed by Maurizio Fagiolo dell'Arco, is articulated in various sections, exploring long range the culture of the time, from art to fashion, cinema and literature, stage and publishing. The show dedicated to the figurative arts, with over a hundred works, is beyond doubt, the widest and most important section: through the various artists exhibited, there is an effort to give body to the enthusiastic cultural climate which, in those years, runs through the city.
From the creation, in '47, of the historical magazine "Forma", which collects works and interventions by Accardi, Consagra, Dorazio, Turcato, Sanfilippo, as well as the clash between Guttuso's realism and the first Mafai, the abstract trends preferred by the gallery "La Tartaruga", the Roma - the flaw of which is probably its vastness - tries to give body to the multiple trends which animate the artistic environment of those years. This is also the moment for the new art by Burri, Colla, Capogrossi and the other painters tied into the Gruppo Origine: works half way through the abstract and the informal, which bear witness, also in Italy, to a effervescent and receptive climate, which can counteract, with an all-Italian experience, the International debate risen around "autre" art, the other art, the primordial, rebellious, topical and provocative art under which various experiences, from Informal to Action Painting, from CoBrA to Abstract Expressionism.
The Rome that's exhibited is that of the Gallery of Modern Art and Palma Bucarelli, its legendary director, of the intellectual meetings, populated by International presences recalled by Cinecittà's Hollywood cinema and by the Fontana sisters' fashion, of Schubert, of Capucci; the city of the new avant-garde magazines and the manifestos, the same that Rotella will take as his starting point to illustrate a torn and ripped reality, which is then reassembled in forms that create a bridge towards Pop Art and America. But this is another matter.
"ROMA 1948 - 1959. Arte, cronaca e cultura dal Neorealismo alla Dolce Vita"
When: until 27th May 2002
Where: Palazzo delle Esposizioni, via Nazionale 194, Rome
Opening times: 10 am - 8 pm; closed Tuesdays
Tickets: € 7,75; conc. € 4,13
Info: 06 48941230
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