AFRO 1950-1970 From Italy to America and back
For MUVE Contemporaneo programme Ca鈥� Pesaro 鈥� International Gallery of Modern Art is hosting Afro 1950-1970 Dall鈥橧talia all鈥橝merica e ritorno / From Italy to America and Back, exhibition dedicated to one of the leading exponents of Italian painting in the second half of the 20th century. America was a great testing ground for Afro Basaldella and gave him the opportunity to meet members of the New York school, including Pollock, De Kooning and Gorky. With forty-five masterpieces arriving from collections and museums around the world, the show pays homage to an artist who is also well represented in the collections of Ca鈥� Pesaro. It explores the relationship that developed in the 50s between Italian art and American abstract expressionism and action painting.
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For MUVE Contemporaneo programme Ca鈥� Pesaro 鈥� International Gallery of Modern Art is hosting Afro 1950-1970 Dall鈥橧talia all鈥橝merica e ritorno / From Italy to America and Back, exhibition dedicated to one of the leading exponents of Italian painting in the second half of the 20th century. America was a great testing ground for Afro Basaldella and gave him the opportunity to meet members of the New York school, including Pollock, De Kooning and Gorky. With forty-five masterpieces arriving from collections and museums around the world, the show pays homage to an artist who is also well represented in the collections of Ca鈥� Pesaro. It explores the relationship that developed in the 50s between Italian art and American abstract expressionism and action painting.
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