An exhibition in Milan to rediscover a forgotten 20th century artist: Adriana Bisi Fabbri

Precorrere i tempi, curated by Matteo Pacini, with text by Luigi Sansone, is the title of the exhibition dedicated to Adriana Bisi Fabbri (Ferrara, 1881 - Travedona Monate, 1918) scheduled from March 2 to April 1, 2023 at the Artespressione Gallery in Milan. With this exhibition, the Milanese gallery carries out and in-depth research on some artistic currents between the 19th and 20th centuries, kicking off a cycle of events dedicated to some outstanding personalities who, for different reasons, are little known to the general public.

Precorrere i tempi intends to highlight the complexity, irony and eclecticism of the great painter, illustrator, caricaturist of the last century. The exhibition presents precious works on paper of medium and small format that express the poetics of Adriana Bisi Fabbri centered on portraits, curious self-portraits, caricatures, sketches, posters and fashion figurines. The works recount the artistic career of a woman who was ahead of her time and masterfully captured moods and feelings, which highlight her being a forerunner of a new way of experiencing femininity.

The protagonist of a troubled life, Adriana Bisi Fabbri made her way in a male-dominated era and thanks to her innate talent as well as a refined intelligence, today she represents the model of a free, independent woman capable of changing her destiny. Her fertile creativity and passion for experimentation led her to be the protagonist of different expressive choices; in fact, the exhibition features evocative works in oil, pastel, tempera, watercolor, pencil, India ink, sanguine and mixed media that consecrated her among the exponents of the “daring” movement. Always open to modernity and novelty, she sensedand interpreted in advance the languages of the movements that animated Italian art, from divisionism to futurism and in Europe secession and expressionism.

The exhibition brings to light the multifaceted production of an artist who left us a multitude of intimate works, sought-after models for fashionable clothes such as Studio per abito of 1911, but also biting caricatures such as L’alpino or Il dio dei tedeschi as well as profound and enigmatic portraits and self-portraits that, thanks to the refined stroke and skillful chiaroscuro make faces emerge from the paper with surprising expressive force.

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Statements

“In the delicate and familiar works,” Luigi Sansone points out, "her strong bond with her family is a constant source of inspiration to portray her husband and sons Marco and Riccardo in a variety of attitudes as in the drawings Giannetto Bisi and Adriana while reading, 1906 c., Giannetto Bisi while reading, 1906 c., in which she captures the most psychologically intense and typical expressions of their living."

“This exhibition,” says Matteo Pacini, “ represents an opportunity to give back to the figure of a great artist of the twentieth century, not sufficiently remembered in time, the light she deserves for the complexity of her work, the irony and eclecticism of a wide and brilliant production that has come to the present day with a fame that is certainly less than it should be.”

An exhibition in Milan to rediscover a forgotten 20th century artist: Adriana Bisi Fabbri

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