"Abstract Art in Italy"
curated by Giovanni Granzotto, Gérard-Georges Lemaire, Dimitri Ozerkov, Silvia Ronchey
Exhibition realized with the contribution of:
Opera Gallery, Paris - Progettoarte elm, Milan.
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Umberto Mariani
curated by Giovanni Granzotto, Gérard-Georges Lemaire, Dimitri Ozerkov, Silvia Ronchey
Exhibition realized with the contribution of:
Opera Gallery, Paris - Progettoarte elm, Milan.
OPERA GALLERY
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The State Hermitage Museum
Russia, 190000, St Petersburg, Dvortsovaya Naberezhnaya 34
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13 february > 31 march, 2019
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Umberto Mariani (b. 1936), a remarkable post-war exponent of Italian abstract art, is renowned for his complex draperies on unevenly shaped canvases.
His works investigate the illusion of light and shade created within folds of fabric. Mariani has always been interested in the question of the canvas’s 'tangibility' and he interprets sheets of lead as dense, heavy textiles, a 'mute' material that is called upon to create a sense of the liberation of the picture space, out into the world. This has reference to a whole segment of post-war Italian art history, to areas of artistic investigation first opened up and developed by Lucio Fontana in his spazialismo (Spacialism) and his famous buchi (holes) and tagli (slashes).
In Mariani’s works drapery emerges by following the strict laws of construction. Although his preparatory drawings are largely intuitive, each composition is then carefully worked up before being executed with scrupulous care. What sets Mariani apart is his individual visual language, which exerts an influence on Italian art practice today.
The General Staff Building, Transformer Hall (with red and green walls)
His works investigate the illusion of light and shade created within folds of fabric. Mariani has always been interested in the question of the canvas’s 'tangibility' and he interprets sheets of lead as dense, heavy textiles, a 'mute' material that is called upon to create a sense of the liberation of the picture space, out into the world. This has reference to a whole segment of post-war Italian art history, to areas of artistic investigation first opened up and developed by Lucio Fontana in his spazialismo (Spacialism) and his famous buchi (holes) and tagli (slashes).
In Mariani’s works drapery emerges by following the strict laws of construction. Although his preparatory drawings are largely intuitive, each composition is then carefully worked up before being executed with scrupulous care. What sets Mariani apart is his individual visual language, which exerts an influence on Italian art practice today.
The General Staff Building, Transformer Hall (with red and green walls)
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Umberto Mariani |
Opening :
12 february 2018, ore 14.00
12 february 2018, ore 14.00
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The exhibition has been organized with the support of
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Wednesday, Friday: 10.30-21.00
Closed: Mondays, as well as January 1 and May 9
TICKETS
The Main Museum Complex and its branches:
the General Staff Building, the Winter Palace of Peter the Great, the Menshikov Palace, the Museum of the Imperial Porcelain Factory 700 RUB
The Main Museum Complex, the General Staff Building and Winter Palace of Peter the Great for Russian and Belarusian citizens 400 RUB
Entry ticket to one of the museum branches 300 RUB
Schoolchildren, students, pensioners of the Russian Federation and other categories of visitors FREE
Free admission for all visitors: The first Thursday of every month, May 18 and December 7
The exhibition has been organized with the support of
Centro Studi dell’Opera di Umberto Mastroianni, Roma Il Cigno GG Edizioni
Catalogue : Il Cigno GG Edizioni
Press Office: Paolo Signorelli Cristina Pariset
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