Gilardi Study Day
Curated by Elena Re
October 8, 2022, 11 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
Magazzino Italian Art
At the core of Magazzino’s mission is deepening the appreciation and understanding of postwar and contemporary Italian Art, and we continue to foster this relationship by providing a space where conversation and scholarship are at the forefront.
On October 8, 2022, from 11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m., Magazzino Italian Art will host presentations and conversations in conjunction with our exhibition Gilardi:Tappeto-Natura—Italian artist Piero Gilardi’s first institutional solo exhibition in the U.S., open now until January 9, 2023.
Through expert and scholarly testimonies, presenters will contextualize the life, legacy, and philosophies of Piero Gilardi, the protagonist of Tappeto-Natura, with a focus on the artistic and industrial prominence of Turin, Gilardi’s hometown, the complexities of his ecological vision, and the extensive reiterations of his most famous work, Tappeti-Natura.
Piero Gilardi at Fischbach Gallery, New York, September 10, 1967. Photo by Patrick A. Burns, published the day after in The New York Times to announce the exhibition opening.Courtesy of the artist.
The speakers include: Elena Re (Curator of Gilardi: Tappeto-Natura), The Tappeto-Natura: A Place of Our Time; Dr. Teresa Kittler, (Lecturer in Modern and Contemporary Art at the University of York), Tutti Frutti: A Botanist in Plastic; Dr. Elizabeth Mangini (Art Historian, Associate Professor and Program Chair of History of Art and Visual Culture at California College of the Arts, San Francisco), Piero Gilardi’s “Nature-Carpets” as Spaces of Encounter; Dr. Christian Rattemeyer (Independent curator, writer, and translator), Piero Gilardi 1967-1969: From Inventing Forms to Inventing Formations.
Tickets can be purchased here.
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