Works from Marc Chagall's
Russian years will be shown alongside those of Dario Fo, winner
of the Nobel prize in literature who became a painter and was
inspired by them, in one of this weekend's major art show
openings at the Santa Giulia Museum in Brescia.
Also of note at the weekend are the Pablo Echaurren
retrospective of art and political activism opening at Rome's
National Art Gallery; in Florence, at Palazzo Pitti's modern art
gallery, a collection celebrating the 150th anniversary of
Florence as capital of Italy including an exhibition on the
Savoys; and at Rome's MAXXI contemporary art museum, video
installations by Cesar Meneghetti.
The Brescia exhibition, titled 'Marc Chagall. Russian Years
1907-1924', at the Santa Giulia Museum from November 20 to
February 15, will be shown side-by-side with a collection of
works by Dario Fo, who was inspired by the 20th century master.
It's an original project that puts two extraordinary
personalities together, with lyrical and surreal Chagall on the
one hand, and winner of the 1997 Nobel Prize for Literature
Dario Fo, who also became a painter, on the other.
The show moves from Chagall's training through the years
just prior to the Parisian diaspora, and includes 17 paintings
and 16 drawings, in addition to two unedited sketchbooks.
The Russian artist's masterpieces on display include 'View
from a Window. Vitebsk', 'Blue Lovers' from 1914, 'The
Promenade' from 1917-1918, and 'The Jew in Pink' from 1915.
In Rome, more than 200 works from the 1970s to today,
including paintings, drawings and collages, comprise a
retrospective of art as political activism by Pablo Echaurren.
At the National Art Gallery from November 20 to April 3,
the show, titled 'Pablo Echaurren. Contropittura', includes the
Roman artist's debut 'small paintings' along with monumental
canvases and the more recent murals, in an avant-garde
contribution to contemporary thinking.
The show avoids being simply an anthology of an artist's
son (Echaurren's father was Sebastian Matta), talented at an
early age, with an original and precise style, but rather aims
to highlight the dominant theme of poetics in Echaurren's work
and life.
In 1977 a suspension of purely artistic activity led him to
try to overcome art in favor of the creativity of life, an idea
which gave force to his painting processes.
The show focuses on drawings and collages tied to the
experience of the 'Metropolitan Indians' in 1977 and the
reclaiming of artistic avant-garde aesthetics.
In Florence, Palazzo Pitti's Modern Art Gallery celebrates
the 150th anniversary of Florence as the capital of Italy with a
show from November 19 to April 3 titled ' Florence Capital
1865-2015. The Gifts and Collections of the King'.
Dedicated to the Savoy royal family and their time in
Florence, the show highlights the third great dynasty following
the Medicis and the Lorenas.
The exhibition presents paintings and furniture that bear
witness to the royal court in a evocative look into the life of
King Vittorio Emanuele II, his artistic tastes, and his main
interests and ties.
The Duchess of Aosta's apartment makes up the hub of the
show and almost all of the rooms have been reopened especially
for the occasion.
Of particular note are the large mirror that the king
purchased at the 1861 National Exposition, as well as in the
Yellow Room the signs of the passions of the 'gentleman king':
dogs, hunting, and horses.
Rome's MAXXI will host a show dedicated to Brazilian artist
Cesar Meneghetti from November 20 to January 17, including
unedited works that came from an intense process between the
artist and people with disabilities involved in art workshops
held at the Sant'Egidio Community.
The show, titled 'I/o_Io è un altro' (I is another)
includes acoustic installations, photographs, and video
installations, starting with one from which the show takes its
name, a key piece that shows disabled men and women in a dialog
that also involves the viewer.
In it, a gallery of people show themselves for who they are
and speak on universal themes such as love, solitude, happiness,
death, normality and diversity.
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