FOCUS900 is the in-depth programme of the Museo del Novecento dedicated to the protagonists of Italian art of the second half of the twentieth century. Through a series of monographic focuses, produced in collaboration with archives and artists' studios, the project proposes new readings of the permanent collection, relating works, documents and historical contexts to build formal, conceptual and critical connections.
After the in-depth studies dedicated to Grazia Varisco, Paolo Scirpa, Alberto Garutti and Bruno Munari, the programme continues with three new appointments, two monographic ones on Vincenzo Agnetti and Enrico Castellani and one dedicated to some protagonists of the Milanese art scene.
The in-depth study, produced in collaboration with dedicato a Enrico Castellani retraces one of the most rigorous and original researches of Italian art of the second half of the twentieth century.
Starting from the late 1950s, the artist develops a language founded on the redefinition of the painted surface, transforming the canvas into a space in which light, rhythm and structure become the constitutive elements of the work.
Through a research marked by formal reduction and modular repetition, Castellani overcomes the traditional distinction between painting and sculpture, constructing an essential lexicon in which space, time, variation and perception assume a central role. His works present themselves as objects that change in relation to light and to the viewer's point of view, giving form to an always different visual experience.
Curated by Museo del Novecento with Archivio Castellani
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