Works by Capogrossi, Perilli, Barnils and Pijuan arrive at CAMeC in La Spezia

At the CAMeC in La Spezia, the new exhibition Alfabeto segnico kicks off. Sergi Barnils, Giuseppe Capogrossi, Achille Perilli, Joan Hernández Pijuan, which makes a stop in the Ligurian city after receiving excellent feedback in Milan at the Fondazione Stelline. The exhibition aims to investigate the use of sign in the works of the four great artists, two Italians, Giuseppe Capogrossi (Rome, 1900 - 1972) and Achille Perilli (Rome, 1927), and two Catalans, Sergi Barnils (Bata, 1954) and Joan Hernández Pijuan (Barcelona, 1931 - 2005). The four artists are linked by the use of constant elements (signs, precisely) combined, declined, and aggregated in ever different ways, with original outcomes and different motivations, but within which common bases can be traced.

In particular, Capogrossi uses a basic motif, a sort of trident, which is developed in a process that passes through different combinations; Perilli uses sign to recover the origins of figuration; for Pijuan, on the other hand, sign is a sort of autonomous entity that allows us to rediscover the archetypes of reality; and finally, for Barnils, sign gives life to a writing filled with symbolic references. The exhibition, curated by Alberto Fiz, aims to give a timely account of these four significant experiences.

“The exhibition,” reads the presentation, “allows us to investigate an evolving linguistic process that develops over time. The sign, in fact, is the object of an encounter that renews its own destiny because of its ability to absorb the self and place it in relation with the community. But it is not limited to this: it is a form of participatory storytelling that conveys the private part of the ritual without imposing a detachment between subject and object; at the same time, it appears as a zone of unconditional freedom capable of adhering to the feeling of things.”

The exhibition runs from Nov. 5, 2017 to Jan. 7, 2018. Opening hours: daily except Mondays from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Closed on Christmas and New Year’s Day. Admission is by CAMeC ticket: 5 euros full price, 4 euros reduced for groups (7-25 people), children and young people aged 6 to 18, Friends of Museums, school teachers, Italian and foreign students, postgraduate and doctoral students in archaeology, cultural heritage and academies of fine arts, over 65, disabled and civilly disabled, conventioned. Special reduced price 3.50 euros for schoolchildren from outside the municipal area. Free for the disabled, children under 6, accompanying persons, tour guides from the province of La Spezia, schoolchildren and teachers from the La Spezia municipality, students from the La Spezia university campus, La Spezia Municipality Youth card, donors and their guests, ICOM members, journalists. Family formula: 11 euros for parents, plus two euros for each child. 12 euros the cumulative for visiting municipal museums (5 museums, valid for 72 hours).

Works by Capogrossi, Perilli, Barnils and Pijuan arrive at CAMeC in La Spezia

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