The historic gallery L'Attico in
Piazza di Spagna is celebrating 60 years of activity with an
exhibition at the National Gallery of Modern Art (GNAM) in Rome.
Scorribanda (Incursion) presents a selection of works by
artists who have displayed at the gallery dating from the 1950s
onwards.
"I wanted a title that reflected the spirit of adventure that
has always animated me. And there is something pirate-like in
'Scorribanda' that I like," says Fabio Sargentini, manager of
the gallery founded together with his father Bruno in 1957.
The exhibition, running until March 3, has been put together
in 100 days and includes a donation to the GNAM from the
L'Attico archives.
"Everyone asks me about the 1960s and 1970s," Sargentini
continued.
"It was a great moment for me, for Rome. The atmosphere was
explosive. You woke up and had to run, because you knew that
other creators were already at work. You had to come up with a
new idea every day or someone else would steal it."
However, in Scorribanda Sargentini has chosen to start from
the 1980s.
GNAM's central hall "is a space that you need to break in, if
you want to feel the power over and above the individual
artworks," he says.
In total the exhibition presents 39 large-scale works by as
many artists in a mix of genres and generations.
The exhibits range from the shouting heads of Marco Colazzo
to the naked Santa Paola by Paola Gandolfi, Orpheus by Rodolfo
Aricò and Concertino by Luigi Ontani.
"Scorribanda is to all intents and purposes an installation.
A 360 degree view that feels like an encirclement, but where it
is equally exciting to observe the works close up."
And so visitors can also admire artworks by Paolo Del
Giudici, Luca Patella and Hidetoshi Nagasawa, Pizzi Cannella and
Raspi, Stefano Di Stasio, Pascali and Pistoletto.
At the centre stand two sculpture groups, Grapefruit, Orange,
Lemon by Nataly Maier and Inside group by Vittorio Corsini.
photo: Luigi Ontani, Krishna, 1978
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