Colloquium: G眉nter Umberg and the Italian Art
The A arte Invernizzi gallery will open on Thursday, 19 September 2019 at 6.30 p.m. the exhibition Colloquium: G眉nter Umberg and the Italian Art. On this occasion, the German artist is also the curator, with an exhibition in which a conceptual dialogue relates his works with those of some of the leading exponents of Italian art in recent decades. The exhibition is designed as a walk-through space where the works enter into a relationship with their setting, by virtue of the physical value of the actual paint that forms them.
A volume with an essay by Paolo Bolpagni will be published on the occasion of the exhibition. The essay is the outcome of a long conversation with the artist, exploring the links between G眉nter Umberg's powerful monochromes, which are on display in the exhibition spaces, and the works of Rodolfo Aric貌, Carlo Ciussi, Gianni Colombo, Dadamaino, Riccardo De Marchi, Piero Dorazio, Lucio Fontana, Mario Nigro, Angelo Savelli, Salvatore Scarpitta, Nelio Sonego and Emilio Vedova, with the aim of establishing visual and conceptual cross-references.
As Paolo Bolpagni writes, 鈥淕眉nter Umberg鈥檚 painting creates perceptive experiences, while also leading to philosophical implications. His highly particular monochromes do not occupy the spaces, but rather bring them to life, giving them meaning and concentration. These are works that, when brought together to relate to a particular place - and in this case also to works by other artists chosen on the basis of expressive correspondences, affinities and kinships - create organisms that resonate widely, constructing and defining their setting鈥�.
The exhibition also illustrates the in-depth knowledge of the Italian art scene that G眉nter Umberg built up from the 1970s onwards, partly through Klaus Honnef, discovering the texts and ideas of critics such as Filiberto Menna and Giulio Carlo Argan, as well as the works of exponents of Italian painting.
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The A arte Invernizzi gallery will open on Thursday, 19 September 2019 at 6.30 p.m. the exhibition Colloquium: G眉nter Umberg and the Italian Art. On this occasion, the German artist is also the curator, with an exhibition in which a conceptual dialogue relates his works with those of some of the leading exponents of Italian art in recent decades. The exhibition is designed as a walk-through space where the works enter into a relationship with their setting, by virtue of the physical value of the actual paint that forms them.
A volume with an essay by Paolo Bolpagni will be published on the occasion of the exhibition. The essay is the outcome of a long conversation with the artist, exploring the links between G眉nter Umberg's powerful monochromes, which are on display in the exhibition spaces, and the works of Rodolfo Aric貌, Carlo Ciussi, Gianni Colombo, Dadamaino, Riccardo De Marchi, Piero Dorazio, Lucio Fontana, Mario Nigro, Angelo Savelli, Salvatore Scarpitta, Nelio Sonego and Emilio Vedova, with the aim of establishing visual and conceptual cross-references.
As Paolo Bolpagni writes, 鈥淕眉nter Umberg鈥檚 painting creates perceptive experiences, while also leading to philosophical implications. His highly particular monochromes do not occupy the spaces, but rather bring them to life, giving them meaning and concentration. These are works that, when brought together to relate to a particular place - and in this case also to works by other artists chosen on the basis of expressive correspondences, affinities and kinships - create organisms that resonate widely, constructing and defining their setting鈥�.
The exhibition also illustrates the in-depth knowledge of the Italian art scene that G眉nter Umberg built up from the 1970s onwards, partly through Klaus Honnef, discovering the texts and ideas of critics such as Filiberto Menna and Giulio Carlo Argan, as well as the works of exponents of Italian painting.
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