“The Grand Italian Vision: The Farnesina Collection” Installation view at Art Sonje Center ©Art Sonje Center
From July 15 to August 20, Art Sonje Center will present the exhibition The Grand Italian Vision: The Farnesina Collection. The exhibition features more than 70 works from the ‘Farnesina Collection’, the art collection of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation.
Co-organized by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, the Embassy of Italy in Seoul, the Italian Cultural Institute in Seoul, and Art Sonje Center, the exhibition presents 20th – 21st century works by 66 artists, including Umberto Boccioni, Piero Manzoni, and Michelangelo Pistoleto. With themes of ‘change’ and ‘memory’, the exhibition illuminates major movements in Italian art. It is comprised of Futurism, Metaphysical Art, Informal, Pop Art and Kinetic Art, Conceptual, Arte Povera, Transavantgarde, and Digital Art. Also, contemporary issues, such as the environment, immigration, and poverty, will be explored to reveal the diverse visions of Italian art. The exhibition is curated by art critic and curator Achille Bonito Oliva (b. 1939). He is an important critic and curator who was leading the Italian ‘Transavantgarde’ movement of the 1970s and 80s. To celebrate the exhibition, Bonito Oliva will give a talk on Saturday, July 15 at 2 p.m.
The exhibition will offer a rare opportunity to view the currents of Italian art at a glance.
