(ANSA) - Bologna, October 17 - An exhibition that opened
Monday in Bologna and will run through February 11 is dedicated
to artists that revolutionized twentieth-century art.
'The Revolutionaries of the 1900s' will include 180 works
from Jerusalem's Israel Museum and features such artists as
Duchamp, Magritte, Dalì, Ernst, Tanguy, Man Ray, Calder and
Picabia.
The Israeli museum emptied out over 1,000 square meters of
its exhibition space for the occasion.
The bringing together of Dada, Surrealism and the Israel
Museum began as a "casual encounter" over 50 years ago and has
since evolved into a deep, lasting relationship. Thanks to the
generous donations from collectors and artists, the museum has
created a spectacular collection of Dada and Surrealist works
that include all the techniques used by these movements, such as
paintings, 'ready-mades', collages, assemblies, photographs and
works on paper.
The museum owes this wealth mostly to Arturo Schwarz - a
teacher, writer and poet from Milan - who donated his vast
collection of over 800 Dada, Surrealist and pre-Surrealist
works, which constitute the core of the collections and of the
works in the exhibition.
Among the masterpieces are: Le Chateau de Pyrenees (1959) by
Magritte, Surrealist Essay (1934) by Dali, L.H.O.O.Q.
(1919/1964) by Duchamp and Main Ray (1935) by Man Ray.
The works were arranged by architect Oscar Tusquets Blanca,
who recreated Dali's famous Mae West hall inside Palazzo
Albergati and the '1,200 Sacks of Coal' installation, an idea of
Duchamp's for the 1938 Exposition Internationale du Surréalisme.
Through a theme-based path, the exhibition - curated by Adina
Kamien-Kazhdan, senior curator of the Modern Art at the Israel
Museum - offers a broad view of this avant-garde heritage,
divided into five sections: Surprising Juxtapositions.
Automatism and Subconscious, Bi-morphism and Metamorphosis,
Desire: Muse and Abuse and Dreamlike Lanscapes.
A century has passed since the Dada movement began in1916 and
Surrealism in 1924, when these artists were the first to invent
techniques, create ideologies, and apply Freudian psychoanalysis
to art.
They challenged tradition while introducing innovative
materials and strategies that would transform the language of
art.
The show is sponsored by the Bologna municipality and the
Israeli embassy and is accompanied by a 240-page catalogue with
essays by Werner Spies, Daws Ades and Adina Kamien-Kazhdan.
It will move to Rome's Complesso del Vittoriano from March to
July next year.
Duchamp, Dali' in Bologna show
Jerusalem's Israel Museum works in Bologna until 11/2