Altan, Cipputi and Pimpa on display in Pistoia

Dedicated to the cartoon characters the public has loved for more than 50 years is the ALTAN exhibition , Cipputi and Pimpa. The world as it is ... and as it should be, curated by Luca Raffaelli in collaboration with Kika Altan, hosted in Pistoia in the spaces of Palazzo Buontalenti from March 25 to July 30, 2023. Armando and the little dog Pimpa, the metalworker Cipputi, the everyday life of Ugo and Luisa: they are the protagonists of the exhibition promoted by Pistoia Musei, Fondazione Caript with which Pistoia Musei chooses to pay tribute to the great artist and cartoonist Francesco Tullio-Altan (Treviso, 1942) by offering, just a few months after his 80th birthday, a varied, entertaining exhibition itinerary capable of stimulating reflections on the choices that await us if we really want to live in a more humane and respectful society.

With a rich selection of original and unpublished drawings, the exhibition also offers play areas for children and hosts Altan’s characters and animals reproduced in colored foam rubber by sculptor Pietro Perotti. The first section of the exhibition, titled Il mondo com’è (The world as it is), hosts cartoons featuring the worker Cipputi and his alter ego Italo, the couple Ugo and Luisa, Trino, Colombo and Ada and others of Altan’s most famous characters. An overview that, with the language of satire, also calls out historical names in Italian politics, such as Andreotti, Craxi and Bossi. In the second part, The World As It Should Be, comic stri ps beloved especially by children are on display: the Pimpa and Kamillo Kromo, along with other unpublished drawings and comics by Altan.

The concluding rooms welcome the reconstructed child-size Pimpa house, where the youngest visitors can admire the lively furnishings and set about playing and coloring.

A video room with Pimpa cartoons closes the exhibition.

ALTAN, Cipputi and Pimpa. The world as it is ... and as it should be will involve various spaces in the city and will be accompanied throughout its duration by a program of educational and cultural activities: games, creative workshops, animated readings and figure theater performances featuring Altan’s characters.

The exhibition is produced by Pistoia Musei and Fondazione Caript with the support of Intesa Sanpaolo and Conad Nord Ovest, in partnership with Quipos, Coconino Press-Fandango and Franco Cosimo Panini Editore, media partner la Repubblica, with the collaboration of Lucca Comics & Games.

Altan, Cipputi and Pimpa on display in Pistoia

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