16 December 2007 - 20 April 2008
The thought and the work by Pietro Consagra (1920-
2005) have a very special role in the aesthetic debate in
the second half of the twentieth century for the complexity
of the themes dealt with, the search for a new relationship
between man, space, and sculpture, and for his proposed
solutions to a concept of three-dimensionality defined by
him as “the monumental matrix of a dead language”.
Thirty years after the exhibition organised in Castelvecchio
in 1977 by Giovanni Carandente and Licisco Magagnato,
the Galleria dello Scudo and the Assessorato alla Cultura,
Direzione Musei d’Arte e Monumenti section of the Verona
City Council offer a show in both spaces in the Gallery
and in the Museo di Castelvecchio. Fifty sculptures and
paintings will permit an overview of forty years’ work
since 1964 when he both developed the idea of the simple
frontal image into the theory of double frontality, and
progressed with a felicitous use of colour: from “sculptural
necessity” to “colour necessity”.
The section presented in the Castelvecchio museum
opens chronologically, in the Galleria delle Sculture,
with Trama, an imposing installation of seven bi-frontal
wooden sculptures which have to be considered as one
of the most significant examples of Consagra’s new aims.
Planned for the 1972 Venice Biennale, it was placed in
the entrance to the Italian pavilion in a purposely
confined area in order to oblige the viewer to become
involved while walking through it.
Trama was created in the year when the artist discovered
the fascination of “stones” and the infinite polychromatic
variations of nature: thus were born sculptures whose
strong impact was due to the emphasis on the precious
marbles they were carved from and, above all, for the
wholly new approach required on the part of the spectator,
as can be appreciated when considering the two imposing
Muraglie; these were installed in the Castelvecchio museum
garden after a careful restoration, where Scarpa himself
had erected them for the 1977 show.
Doppia bifrontale closes the exhibition: a white metal
piece some five metres long, made in 2000 but later
enlarged to even more monumental dimensions for the
headquarters of the European parliament in Strasbourg.
For its customary and dexterous distribution of fullness
and voids, underlined by the purity of a colouring that
is almost blatant in its contrast with the architecture of
Castelvecchio, this work is the extreme formulation of
an extremely rigorous aesthetic reflection.
SHOW ORGANIZED IN COLLABORATION WITH THE ARCHIVIO PIETRO CONSAGRA
opening hours
Museo di
Castelvecchio
8.30
a.m. to 7.30 p.m.
Monday
1.30 p.m. to 7.30 p.m.
Galleria
dello Scudo
10
a.m. to 1 p.m.; 3.30 p.m. to 7.30 p.m.
closed
on Monday morning and on Sunday
information
Museo di
Castelvecchio
corso
Castelvecchio 2
37121
Verona
phone
+39 045 8062611
fax +39
045 8010729
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Galleria
dello Scudo
via
Scudo di Francia 2
37121
Verona
phone
+39 045 590144
fax
+39 045 8001306
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www.galleriadelloscudo.com
project
and organisation of the show
Massimo
Di Carlo
Gabriella
Di Milia
Laura
Lorenzoni
Paola
Marini
show
curated by
Luca
Massimo Barbero
Gabriella
Di Milia
installation
Filippo
Bricolo and Alba Di Lieto
communications
Rossella
Pasqua di Bisceglie
Simonetta
Pezzo
Data inizio: 07-10-2007
Data fine: 20-04-2008
Luogo: Galleria dello Scudo e Museo di Castelvecchio
Indirizzo: via Scudo di Francia 2 - Corso Castelvecchio 2