At MAST in Bologna, an exhibition recounts with Altan's drawings fifty years of work in Italy

From July 5 to September 10, 2023, Bologna’s MAST, in Gallery 0, is hosting the exhibition Animo, Cipputi! A tale of 50 years of work in Italy in the drawings of Altan, curated by Cosimo Torlo in collaboration with Altan and with the support of Solares Fondazione delle Arti. The exhibition is held on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the G.D company and the 10th anniversary of MAST Foundation.

The exhibition itinerary dedicated to an artist who has been able to narrate with acumen and irreverence Italy and its transformations in recent decades, is marked by decades, from the 1970s to the first decade of the new millennium. On display are 227 works, including 201 originals and 26 digital prints. The panels recount the salient events of each decade: national contracts, fundamental disputes, political climate, international events, and social achievements supported by the watchwords of those years to show the real face of Cipputi, whose silhouette four large silhouettes will be exhibited, with which a model of Pietro Perotti and Altan’s “Monument to the Worker” will symbolically dialogue.

Cipputi, Altan’s anti-hero-worker, fits fully into the cultural dimension of Fondazione MAST, which has always been committed to the theme of work, and G.D, a company specializing in industrial solutions that, thanks to the contribution of the human capital that has been a part of it for decades, has built its high-tech identity with a wealth of knowledge and awareness not only about working, but also in terms of social responsibility, welfare, and solidarity. “Making work a culture and culture a job”: these are words that bind these two realities together, representing on the one hand the corporate culture of the company that has been consolidated over time (G.D) and on the other hand that of creating an innovative and participatory space for the production of thought about work (MAST).

The exhibition also features the documentary My name is Altan and I do cartoons by Stefano Consiglio, in which the Cipputi author recounts the birth and evolution of his character, and is accompanied by a catalog published by LiberEtà for sale at MAST.Point.

For info: https://www.mast.org/

Hours: Tuesday through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. During evening events, the exhibition closes at 10 p.m. Free admission.

At MAST in Bologna, an exhibition recounts with Altan's drawings fifty years of work in Italy

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