Daniel Spoerri and bronze: Narni pays tribute to the master

Narni aims to establish itself as a new contemporary art hub with an event celebrating Daniel Spoerri (Galați, 1930 - Vienna, 2024) and the value of artistic fusion. From April 12 to Nov. 6, Palazzo Eroli and Rocca Albornoz are hosting Daniel Spoerri and the Bronze Age - Masterpieces from the Caporrella Foundation, an exhibition that combines a tribute to one of the masters of Nouveau Réalisme with a rediscovery of the fundamental role of art foundry. Curated by Massimo Bignardi and promoted by Antonio Rocca, artistic director of Rocca Albornoz and the Academy of Fine Arts in Viterbo, the exhibition offers an immersive journey through seventy sculptures from the Vittorio Caporrella Art Foundation (FFONDARC). The institution represents an exclusive case in the panorama of international collecting, interweaving foundry work with 20th-century art history.

At the center of the exhibition is the figure of Daniel Spoerri, who died in 2024, whose name remains inextricably linked to his famous Tableaux pièges, and to the Seggiano sculpture park. The intent of the exhibition is also to bring to light the symbiotic relationship between the artists and the Caporrella foundry, a place where art takes shape through craftsmanship. For 40 years, foundryman Pietro Caporrella has given substance to the insights of great masters, transforming their visions into bronze. Artists of the caliber of Arman, Agostino Bonalumi, Pietro Cascella, Nunzio, Umberto Mastroianni and Enrico Baj have chosen to entrust their works to his experience, contributing to the creation of an extraordinary artistic legacy.

The exhibition itinerary is divided into two venues: at Rocca Albornoz, Spoerri’s creative universe can be breathed, while Palazzo Eroli hosts a fascinating dialogue between ancient and contemporary. Here, among the rooms of the Museum of the City and Territory of Narni, the exhibition stages an unprecedented encounter between Arman’s Violin and Domenico Ghirlandaio’sCoronation of the Virgin. A comparison of eras and languages continues with works by Bonalumi, Cascella, Nunzio, Edgardo Mannucci, Umberto Mastroianni and an exceptional surprise: the unique bronze signed by Enrico Baj. In addition to Spoerri’s celebration, the exhibition raises a reflection on the fusion of art and craft, an often blurred but essential boundary in the creative process. Each bronze sculpture is the result of a four-handed dialogue between artist and maker, between idea and material, an interweaving of trust and expertise that has spanned decades of art history.

Daniel Spoerri and bronze: Narni pays tribute to the master

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