Livorno. Guided tours on contemporary art continue in May: focus on Alberto Burri.
Guided tours with guaranteed departure continue on Saturday 4th and Sunday 5th May.
Livorno. Guided tours on contemporary art continue in May: focus on Alberto Burri.
Guided tours with guaranteed departure continue on Saturday 4th and Sunday 5th May (every Saturday and Sunday at 17.30 pm) to learn about the extraordinary heritage of the Livorno civic museums: the protagonist of this week is Alberto Burri, who will be presented through Combustione from 1973, exhibited during the visit after a long stay in the warehouses.
The contemporary section rearranged in the former church of Luogo Pio It hosts a renewed selection of works entered through the historical editions of the Modigliani Prize and the activities of the Museo Progressivo d'Arte Contemporanea of Livorno, which sees the emergence, among others, of in-depth studies on artists such as Bruno Munari, Gianfranco Baruchello, Giulia Napoleone and other protagonists of Italian research.
Alberto Burri (Città di Castello, 1915 – Nice, 1995) is one of the most important artists of the informal movement. His research is linked to the material: with great communicative impact the artist from Città di Castello transfigures sacks, iron, clay, tar, burnt plastics, wood and cellotex.
After graduating in medicine in 1940, Burri was drafted into the army as a doctor and sent to North Africa. He was imprisoned in Texas where he began to paint. Upon returning to Italy, he joined the Origine group with Ballocco, Capogrossi and Colla, participating in the group's only exhibition in 51. In the first half of the 50s he worked on the Sacchi series, which aroused controversy and rejection, however in 53 he achieved international fame with his first American solo exhibition Alberto Burri: paintings and collages. In the same year, Burri met James Johnson Sweeney, director of the Guggenheim Museum in New York, in Rome. Sweeney was struck by his work at the Origine foundation and decided to include him in the museum's exhibition activities. In 55, he married the American choreographer and poet Minsa Craig, with whom he established a solid bond that would last a lifetime. In 1963, he made his debut as a set designer, also designing theatrical costumes. From 1973 to 76 Burri then created the Cretti: square or rectangular surfaces covered with cracks that recall clayey soil during periods of drought. To obtain this effect Burri applied a mixture of zinc white and vinyl glues, sometimes with the addition of earth, to a surface of cellotex (a material used as insulation in construction). Among these, the Cretto di Gibellina is well-known, a large site-specific work of land art that covers approximately 80 square meters, created between 000 and 1984 in Sicily where the old city of Gibellina stood, destroyed by the earthquake of 1989.
The artist passed away in Nice in 1995.
Sunday 5 May free entry to the City Museum for the first Sunday of the month.
Calendar of guided tours with guaranteed departure, every Saturday and Sunday at 17pm
– Saturday 4th and Sunday 5th May
visit to the contemporary section with focus on Alberto Burri
– Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th May
visit to the contemporary section with focus on Bruno Munari
– Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th May
visit to the contemporary section with focus on Giulia Napoleone
– Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th May
visit to the contemporary section with focus on Gianfranco Baruchello
Opening hours of the Museum of the City of Livorno
from Tuesday to Sunday to Friday 10.00-19.00
closed on Mondays
Tickets
Full 5 euros, reduced 3 euros
reduced schools 3
Guided tour for groups (max 25 people) cost 30 euros
Guided tour for schools cost 2 euros
Guided tours with guaranteed departure
Contemporary section of the City Museum
cost 2 euros (in addition to the entrance ticket)
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