Bologna, after more than two years of restoration, one of Burri's Sacchi returns to view

After a long and painstaking restoration, Nero con punti (1958), a key work from Alberto Burri’s Sacchi series, returns to public view in Bologna in the spaces of CUBO, the Unipol Group’s business museum. In fact, from October 7, 2022 to January 21, 2023, Alberto Burri Reloaded, curated by Ilaria Bignotti, is on view; the exhibition benefits from the collaboration of Tornabuoni Arte for the loan of four works by the Umbrian master that will be placed in dialogue with Nero con punti in CUBO’s two Bologna venues: Porta Europa and Torre Unipol.

On display in Porta Europa is Nero con punti, a large-scale pictorial work created in 1958, heritage of the Unipol Group, which returns to view after the lengthy restoration conducted by Muriel Vervat in collaboration with the Restoration Research Area of the CNR National Research Council in Florence. The delicate intervention, which took more than two years to complete using innovative green biorestoration techniques, forms the heart of the exhibition project, and will allow visitors to learn more about some of the fundamental aspects of the conservation of works of art through videos, educational materials and expert talks.

“As Unipol Group we have always been used to talking about protection. Which is achieved above all through prevention. But also by applying innovative ideas. And this sensitivity of ours could not but apply to one of the most beautiful and precious works of our artistic heritage,” said Vittorio Verdone, director of Communication and Media Relations. “Hence the decision to restore Nero with points according to an approach that is not only scientific, but also technically innovative. We involved the best experts in this discipline to bring this extraordinary work back to the public and carefully preserve it in our museum.”

The project is completed at CUBO’s other location in Torre Unipol, with the exhibition of four more masterpieces by Alberto Burri: Tar (1950), Mold (1951), Untitled (1952), and Tar (1950). “An exhibition made up of discoveries starting with the monumental work in black; discoveries that continue at the Unipol Tower with four more emblematic works,” the curator emphasizes. "Two of these pertain to the cycle of the Tars, both dated 1950, chosen in the exhibition itinerary for the dialogue they weave with the great Black with dots, starting with the problem of stratification and composition of materials.“ ”It is black again,“ he continues, ”that is fifth massacred by whitish material stratifications, in the work Mold of 1951, which reiterates the battle between magma and composition; in thework of a year later, the Untitled of 1952, here is the sack, along with sand, vinavil, and collage of yet other materials, trying to stitch the field, to put order back into the mysteries of the material that Burri so skillfully sews and weaves, manipulates and inflames."

The exhibition is accompanied by a catalog published by CUBO.

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Image: Alberto Burri, Nero con punti, detail (1958; fabric, acrylic on canvas, 200 x 128 cm)

Bologna, after more than two years of restoration, one of Burri's Sacchi returns to view

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