GIOTTO AND THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
Mart, Rovereto December 6, 2022 - March 19, 2023
The exhibition presents 200 works, of which about fifty from the museum’s own collection, by modern and contemporary artists inspired by the art of Giotto, the master who revolutionised medieval painting and, according to art historians, ushered in the modern era. The exhibition is divided into seven sections and opens with a large, immersive installation reproducing the Scrovegni Chapel in Padova. It follows a chronological and thematic order through works by leading artists of the 20th and 21st centuries who share a fascination with Giotto, whom they studied, imitated, or took as a model of perfection and spirituality. Between Metaphysics, Valori Plastici and Magic Realism, the protagonists of the first part of the exhibition are Carlo Carrà, Mario Sironi, Arturo Martini, Giorgio de Chirico, Gino Severini, Massimo Campigli, Achille Funi, and Ubaldo Oppi. His famous blue has influenced some of the best known artists. The exhibition closes with installations by two artists, Chiara Dynys and Tacita Dean, whose work once again revives the dialogue with one of the greatest masters of all time. ▲ damentale anche per quel blu che prende il suo nome a partire dalla rivelazione avvenuta nell’abside di sinistra della Basilica inferiore, all’interno della Basilica di San Francesco di Assisi”.
In mostra, complessivamente, un corpus di oltre 200 opere, di cui una cinquantina provenienti dal patrimonio museale, mentre le altre da importanti collezioni e gallerie europee come Gallerie degli Uffizi – Palazzo Pitti, Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Roma, Musei Vaticani, Casa Museo Boschi di Stefano, Museo Revoltella, Fondazione Magnani Rocca, Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia, Museo del Novecento di Milano, Museo del Novecento di Firenze, Panza Collection Mendrisio, Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Tiroler Landesmuseen Innsbruck e ovviamente Musei Civici di Padova. Un’esperienza irripetibile, da non perdere. ▲