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Inexplicably real. 1920s Italian painting
Exhibition September 28, 2018 − January 13, 2019
Major Autumn Exhibition«Inexplicably real» presents over 80 paintings in style «magical realism» - Italian artistic movement of the 1920s, which is still little known in Germany. After World War I, Germany witnessed «new objectivity»France had many neoclassical tendencies, and Italy saw the emergence of Realismo Magico.
The mood of the works varies between melancholy and idyll, fatigue from civilization and the glorification of progress. The use of paints resembles old masters, and the motifs of the paintings are classic - still lifes, portraits, interior scenes and nude. In the works clearly and openly marked plots, but they still hide something significant. Magic realism is not a group of artists, but an artistic position. Art critic Franz Roch described this phenomenon in 1925: ««Magical» a counterweight «mystical», the goal is to ensure that the secret does not enter the presented world, but is in it».
When Mussolini came to power in 1922, art began to develop against the background of a society embraced by fascism. Perhaps due to the political situation of those years, the ambiguity of these fascinating paintings, which too often caused concern to the viewer, has received relatively little attention in recent decades.
This exhibition is the first ever broad review of magical realism in Germany. The audience is represented by the outstanding works of the main artists of the movement, ranging from Antonio Dongi, Felice Casorati, Gino Severini and Edita Brolio to more famous artists such as Giorgio Morandi, Giorgio de Chirico and Carlo Carra.
The mood of the works varies between melancholy and idyll, fatigue from civilization and the glorification of progress. The use of paints resembles old masters, and the motifs of the paintings are classic - still lifes, portraits, interior scenes and nude. In the works clearly and openly marked plots, but they still hide something significant. Magic realism is not a group of artists, but an artistic position. Art critic Franz Roch described this phenomenon in 1925: ««Magical» a counterweight «mystical», the goal is to ensure that the secret does not enter the presented world, but is in it».
When Mussolini came to power in 1922, art began to develop against the background of a society embraced by fascism. Perhaps due to the political situation of those years, the ambiguity of these fascinating paintings, which too often caused concern to the viewer, has received relatively little attention in recent decades.
This exhibition is the first ever broad review of magical realism in Germany. The audience is represented by the outstanding works of the main artists of the movement, ranging from Antonio Dongi, Felice Casorati, Gino Severini and Edita Brolio to more famous artists such as Giorgio Morandi, Giorgio de Chirico and Carlo Carra.
