An exhibition in Florence offers a novel juxtaposition of Giacometti and Fontana

For the first time it is possible to see together, in a direct confrontation as part of an exhibition, two fundamental figures of the 20th century: Alberto Giacometti and Lucio Fontana. The unprecedented Giacometti - Fontana. The Quest for the Absolute, hosted at Palazzo Vecchio in Florence from March 2 to June 4, presents the ideal encounter and powerful dialogue between two giants of the 20th century, thanks to the extraordinary comparison of masterpieces arriving from Italy and abroad.

The exhibition, conceived by Sergio Risaliti, director of the Museo Novecento in Florence, aims to explore the unrelenting and stubborn research of the two masters, protagonists of a parallel journey that intends to suggest new paths of analysis and probe new interpretations. Curated by Chiara Gatti and Sergio Risaliti, the exhibition finds space in the Sala delle Udienze and the Sala dei Gigli, where Donatello’s famous Judith is now preserved.

For the first time, in fact, the two artists, so distant in their attitudes and in their lives, but equally linked by a reflection on truth in art, conquered through the experience of matter and at the same time of imagination, poised between the primordial dimension of time and the cosmological dimension of space, will be brought together. The colloquium aims to provoke questions rather than give answers, to stimulate critical debate and unexpected narratives around affinities of thought and shared references. An exhibition in which the juxtaposed works acquire the evocative power of a dream, whose presence as in a dream is to be interpreted by seeking answers far away in time and the future.

In conjunction with this major project, the Museo Novecento will also dedicate as many as two floors of the former Leopoldine to the sculptures and drawings of Lucio Fontana. The exhibition Lucio Fontana. L’origine du monde, from March 2 to Sept. 13, 2023, stems from the desire to explore some as yet unexplored aspects of the work of the Italian-Argentine master, among the most innovative artists of the last century, such as the original relationship between artistic creation, procreation and the birth of life in the universe, and the relationship between the finite and infinite worlds. The exhibition benefits from the support and loan of a substantial nucleus of works from the Lucio Fontana Foundation.

At Palazzo Vecchio, the exhibition can be visited Mondays, Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., Thursdays from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Closed Sundays. Last admission one hour before closing. At the Museo del Novecento daily (except Thursday, closing day) from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Last admission one hour before closing. For information: www.musefirenze.it.

Image: left, Alberto Giacometti, L’Homme qui marche I (Fondation Maeght), photo: Claude Germain. Right: Lucio Fontana, Spatial Concept, Nature (1959-1960; bronze, 65 x 63 x 53.5 cm; Lucio Fontana Foundation)

An exhibition in Florence offers a novel juxtaposition of Giacometti and Fontana

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