Faenza's MIC exhibits airbrush-decorated ceramics from the 1930s for the first time

by Redazione , published on 03/02/2020
Categories: Exhibitions / Disclaimer
The MIC - International Museum of Ceramics in Faenza is exhibiting for the first time airbrush-decorated ceramics from the 1930s donated by Giorgio Levi.

Thirty-five pieces of European and Italian manufactures donated by collector and scholar Giorgio Levi will be on display for the first time in the Project Room of the MIC - International Museum of Ceramics in Faenza from February 8, 2020. These are ceramics, mostly tableware, decorated by airbrush in the 1930s.

Specimens of German ceramics will be on view accompanied by items from leading Italian manufactures: particularly significant is Galvani of Pordenone, which in the 1930s produced a large production of low-cost earthenware characterized by bright colors and airbrush decorations.

Galvani was joined by other manufactures that similarly made use of the airbrush in creative and innovative ways: the Ceramiche Rometti of Umbertide, Ceramiche Tosin - La Freccia of Vicenza, Barraud, Messeri & C. (B.M.C.) of Sesto Fiorentino, Carraresi and Lucchesi of Sesto Fiorentino, M.I.C.A. of Sesto Fiorentino, F.A.C.I. of Civita Castellana, and Sbordoni of Civita Castellana-Rome.

Ceramic collector and scholar Giorgio Levi described the role of the airbrush in the creation of a modern decorative language capable of translating, even on everyday objects, futurist formal research. And thanks to its greater economy and speed compared to traditional painting, the airbrush led to the simplification of Futurist and Deco decorations by manufactures that interpreted the Futurist style in a decorative key.

The exhibition is open to the public until May 3, 2020.

For info: www.micfaenza.org

Pictured: Mica (Sesto Fiorentino, 1930-39) - Airbrushed two-tone vase on green background with trees and gazelle. Trademark Mica/Sesto Fiorentino

Faenza's MIC exhibits airbrush-decorated ceramics from the 1930s for the first time
Faenza's MIC exhibits airbrush-decorated ceramics from the 1930s for the first time


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