Umberto Mariani’s Long-lasting Research: how those draperies become contemporary

From the Oggetti allarmanti to the Alfabeto afono and Piombi, the point on a great sage of contemporary art

Taking stock of Umberto Mariani’s work – born in 1936 and one of the last great contemporary sage – means going through the path o

Milan. Chen Zhen at HangarBicocca: the iconography of the human body

Pirelli HangarBicocca opened a retrospective on Chen Zhen’s works (Shanghai, 1955 - Paris, 2000). The show gathers a wide selection of installations from the 1990s until his death. Chen Zhen focused on the relationship between spirituality and the modern capitalist culture for a long time.

San Vito al Tagliamento. Fabbro and Pasqual: enough with plastic

Mara Fabbro and Alberto Pasqual try to raise people about the man-environment relationship using plastic. The former Ospedale dei Battuti hosts the “È per sempre”. The exhibition opens with the installation La fine del pesce consisting of a labyrinth made of lots of plastic bags in which suffocation and hope of rebirth meet. The second and third floors of the building host two solo shows dedicated to the two authors.

New York. Agnes Pelton at Whitney: transcendental paintings

Agnes Pelton’s bright, abstract, and almost transcendental images are on display at the Whitney Museum. Her choice to avoid the distractions of big-city life (she lived in Water Mill, Long Island, from 1921 to 1932, and, then, in Cathedral City, a small community near Palm Springs, California) did not help her become famous. However, this probably allowed her to experience the spiritual reality she conveys in her works.

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