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1/6/2010

Il Futurismo magico-meccanico di Depero

Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest

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Alla Galleria Nazionale d’Ungheria dal 2 giugno al 22 agosto 2010 una importante selezione delle opere del futurista italiano

Con l'Alto Patronato del Presidente della Repubblica Italiana e l’Alto Patronato del Presidente della Repubblica Ungherese

Il Mart, Museo di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, presenta "Il Futurismo magico-meccanico di Depero", a cura di Gabriella Belli e Mariann Gergely

La mostra è in programma dal 2 giugno al 22 agosto 2010 a Budapest, ed è organizzata con il patrocinio dell’Ambasciata Italiana a Budapest.

L'esposizione dedicata al pittore, grafico e designer Fortunato Depero è la seconda grande mostra antologica che viene organizzata nell’est dell’Europa, dopo l’esposizione di Sofia, alla Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Straniera nel 2004.

Negli ultimi venti anni grande è stato l’interesse critico attorno all’opera poliedrica di Fortunato Depero, grazie anche al più generale entusiasmo del pubblico per il futurismo, entusiasmo cresciuto proprio nel corso del 2009 in occasione delle celebrazioni del Centenario del movimento, fondato nel 1909 da Filippo Tommaso Marinetti.

La mostra di Budapest, come occasione di riconoscimento del ruolo di primo piano svolto da Depero nell'ambito del dibattito artistico italiano del primo '900, ed in particolare nella storia del movimento futurista, è un nuovo appuntamento per verificare l’importanza e la qualità del suo lavoro e ciò anche in considerazione del fatto che ad ospitare la sua opera sia una città come Budapest, al centro di un’area dove negli anni delle avanguardie storiche del primo '900, grande fu lo sviluppo di una tendenza astratta e cubo-futurista, in stretta relazione con le sperimentazioni italiane, francesi e russe.

Contestualmente all’inaugurazione della mostra, si svolgerà uno specifico programma di promozione del Trentino in Ungheria organizzato dalla Provincia autonoma di Trento e dall’Ambasciata Italiana a Budapest.

Obiettivo del programma è quello di valorizzare, attraverso specifici momenti di promozione, i legami tra l’offerta culturale, economica e turistica presentando il Trentino in forma unitaria ed integrata ai rappresentanti del mondo imprenditoriale e turistico ungherese.

Immagine: Fortunato Depero - Copertina di News Auto Atlas, 1930, stampa tipografica, cm. 34,2 x 47,8. Mart

Inaugurazione della mostra 2 Giugno

Per informazioni: http://is.gd/cxXCA

Galleria Nazionale d’Ungheria – Magyar Nemzet Galéria
Buda Palace
Edifici A, B, C, D H-1014 Budapest, Szent György tér 2.
Orari d’apertura: 10 - 18
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Depero (1892 - 1960), the Futurist and the impact of Futurism on Hungarian avant-garde art

Curators: Gabriella Belli, art historian, Director of MART, and Mariann Gergely, art historian, chief curator of the Hungarian National Gallery

A joint exhibition of the Museo di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto and the Hungarian National Gallery with the cooperation of the Embassy of Italy in Hungary and the Italian Cultural Institute in Budapest.

Under the Patronage of the Presidents of the Italian Republic and the Republic of Hungary, His Excellency Giorgio Napolitano and His Excellency László Sólyom under the auspices of the Honorable Sandro Bondi, Minister of Cultural Heritage and Activities of the Italian Republic.

The year 2009 marked the 100th anniversary of Futurism, with a number of Futurist exhibitions held in various countries. Over the past twenty years there has been growing interest in the art of versatile Futurist painter Fortunato Depero (1892-1960), an ardent follower of Marinetti's aesthetics. The over 100 works displayed at the Budapest show are on loan from the Museo Fortunato Depero, Rovereto, an integral part of MART, where the collection of works left by the artist to the town is housed. Living in Austrian-controlled Rovereto until 1918, Depero was in fact raised in a Central European milieu. His artistic development was influenced by Symbolism and Expressionism, and also by the schools of Jugendstil and Wiener Werkstätte. During his trip to Rome he established contact with important Futurist painters such as Boccioni, Balla, Prampolini and Marinetti. His Futurist principles were summarized in the manifesto Ricostruzione futurista dell'universo (Futurist Reconstruction of the Universe), co-authored with Giacomo Balla in 1915, proclaiming the re-creation of the universe and the extension of art to all areas of life. Through his Futurist formal experiments he envisaged mobile sculptured constructions utilising the combined impact of movement and sound effects

In Rome, after making the acquaintance of Sergei Diaghilev and his Ballets Russes, Depero designed costumes and stage sets for Igor Stravinsky's Le Chant du Rossignol (The Song of the Nightingale) and for Balli Plastici (Plastic Dances), a picto-plastic drama co-authored with Gilbert Clavel. Between 1916 and 1919, he left off his abstract art experimentations and went on to work towards a new iconography arising from the world of magic and fantasy. Populating his metaphysical and surreal visions with unique shapes brought to life in his pictures, Depero created a kind of meta-reality.

In the autumn of 1919 he opened his studio-workshop called Casa d'Arte Futurista Depero in Rovereto, where, based on his designs, particularly impressive, decorative tapestries, textiles, furniture, toys and graphic design works were produced. In 1929 he founded another Futurist House in New York where he continued his career as a designer. He undertook significant design commissions for the Italian company Campary, the magazines Vanity Fair and Vogue, and Roxy Theater (advertisement and stage sets). He returned to Italy in October 1930. The paintings he did in that period were inpsired by his American experience, featuring urban motifs, skyscrapers, subways, and mechanical parts as visual elements. After the war he lived in the United States for a while again, but received no more commissions. In 1959 he designed and built the first museum of Italian Futurism, the Museo Fortunato Depero which, completely refurbished as one of MART's venues, was reopened to celebrate the centenary of Futurism. Depero died in 1960. He left all his works to the town of Rovereto.

Institutions involved: Italian Embassy, Ambassador Giovan Battista Campagnola
Italian Cultural Institute, Director Salvatore Ettorre

Hungarian National Gallery
Buda Palace
Buildings A, B, C, D
H-1014 Budapest, Szent György tér 2
Opening Hours: 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Closed on Mondays

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