At the Mart in Rovereto a monographic exhibition on one of the greatest protagonists of contemporary art: Gianfranco Baruchello

It opened on May 19 and runs until September 16, 2018, at the Mart in Rovereto, Italy, the monographic exhibition Gianfranco Baruchello, dedicated to one of the greatest protagonists of contemporary art, Gianfranco Baruchello (Livorno, Italy, 1924). The exhibition is conceived together with the artist himself and traces all his research, which often challenged cultural systems and conventions. Baruchello, active since the 1950s, has rethought the medium of painting, experimented with languages and techniques throughout his career, and practiced juxtaposition, assemblage and writing, always independently. A friend of important figures in twentieth-century culture such as Jean-François Lyotard, Alain Jouffroy and Italo Calvino, and drawing on the thought of Marcel Duchamp, Baruchello has continually essayed new and different forms of expression: from paintings on the most disparate media to “box-objects,” from film montages to environmental actions and projects.

The Rovereto exhibition, curated by Gianfranco Maraniello, offers a thematic path through Gianfranco Baruchello’s main nuclei of investigation. Plexiglass, paintings, 200 drawings (most of them previously unpublished), large-scale works and two works specially made for the exhibition will be on display. In addition, the presentation says, “the dream,” a central theme in Baruchello’s research, “constitutes one of the leitmotifs of the exhibition. Here the relationship between real and dream dimensions is explored according to a peculiar methodology adopted between the artist and the curator.”

The exhibition can be visited during Mart’s opening hours: Tuesday through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Friday from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Closed Mondays, special openings from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on June 2 and Aug. 15. Tickets: Full 11 euros, reduced 7 euros for children 15 to 26, over 65, visitor groups of at least 15 people; members or card-carrying members of institutions affiliated with the Museum; Friends of affiliated museums; Euregio Family Pass holders; Mantova Outlet Village Card holders. Family ticket 22 euros. Single ticket three venues (Mart Rovereto + Casa Depero Rovereto + Civica Trento): Full 14 euros - Reduced 10 euros. Free admission for children up to 14 years old, Mart Membership and school groups, Friends of the affiliated Museums, ICOM, AMACI, ANISA, CIMAM, Museum Pass Trento Rovereto City of Cultures, disabled people (with accompanying person for those who need it), tour guides and tourist interpreters (in professional activity), group leaders and teachers accompanying school groups, journalists (with professional card), law enforcement, professionals in the field of Cultural Heritage and Activities (Ministry and Superintendence). Info on the Mart website.

In Bianca Lampar’s photo, one of the exhibition rooms.

At the Mart in Rovereto a monographic exhibition on one of the greatest protagonists of contemporary art: Gianfranco Baruchello

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