In Florence a major monographic exhibition dedicated to RAM, significant artist of the early 20th century

From September 19 to December 7, 2019, Frascione Arte Gallery in Florence will host the exhibition RAM Tra Novecento e Metafisica. Nature Recreated: this is the first major monographic exhibition organized in the city dedicated to one of the most significant Florentine artists of the first half of the twentieth century: Ruggero Alfredo Michahelles (Florence, 1898 - 1976), in art RAM.

On display will be 34 works by the artist, including sculptures, drawings, collages and paintings, created in the period between the early 1920s and the second half of the 1960s. Some of the works on display are previously unpublished.

Illustrating his artistic journey of that period, the exhibition will present from the first decade the initial influences of Ingres’ stylism; from the following decade his personal neo-metaphysical experience will emerge, in which the Italiens de Paris, such as Alberto Magnelli, Mario Tozzi, Renato Paresce and Giorgio De Chirico, are relevant. Underlying a series of portraits completed through the 1940s and 1950s is the theme of nature recreated through the investigation of a pure and transcendent beauty.

Dating back to the postwar period are the cycle of acrobats and acrobats, which dialogue with the roots of the Picasso of the blue and pink period, while in the 1960s and 1970s, RAM will devote himself to the world of forms, fragment nudes andillumination in a free play of rhythms, color and light.

The exhibition is curated by Susanna Ragionieri and was made possible by the advice and collaboration of the curator of the THAYAHT & RAM Archive in Florence, Riccardo Michahelles. It is also part of the calendar of events of Florence Art Week, which will be held on the occasion of the 31st BIAF -Biennale Internazionale dell’Antiquariato di Firenze.

For info: www.frascionearte.com

Image: RAM, Cinderella (1931-38)

In Florence a major monographic exhibition dedicated to RAM, significant artist of the early 20th century

Warning: the translation into English of the original Italian article was created using automatic tools. We undertake to review all articles, but we do not guarantee the total absence of inaccuracies in the translation due to the program. You can find the original by clicking on the ITA button. If you find any mistake,please contact us.