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25/1/2007

Divisionism/Neo-Impressionism

Guggenheim Museum, Berlin

Arcadia and Anarchy

curated by Vivien Greene

This exhibition is the first dedicated specifically to the exploration of the optically vibrant paintings executed by the Italian Divisionists and their relationship to Neo-Impressionism. Like the Neo-Impressionists, the Divisionists adopted a painting method rooted in color theory and optics, frequently held left-wing political views, and depicted similar subject matter. These shared concerns, paired with Divisionism’s emergence at a slightly later date than Neo- Impressionism, have often caused the Italian style to be regarded merely as a derivation of the French one. Yet distinct differences marked the Divisionist project, including a preference for large-scale compositions, an ongoing interest in modeled form and the representation of threedimensional space, and a desire to connote movement. The Italians eschewed representations of bourgeois life or urban spectacle. Instead, they painted Symbolist imagery, largely absent from the work of their European contemporaries. Underlining the paradoxical nature of Italian art in this period, these pursuits both reflected the Divisionists’ grounding in the traditions of their own long-standing artistic legacy and pointed the way for the next generation, the Futurists. Taking such issues into account, Arcadia and Anarchy will reassess the prevailing perspective on Divisionism. By placing the Italian movement in an international context the exhibition will underscore the autonomy the Italians had from their European counterparts and their importance as pioneers of modernism.

This focused exhibition of approximately 40 paintings will address images produced between the mid-1880s and the early 1900s. The emphasis will be upon the major protagonists of Italian Divisionism, among them Giovanni Segantini, Angelo Morbelli, Giuseppe Pellizza da Volpedo, Emilio Longoni, and Gaetano Previati, whose works will be shown together with a selection of paintings by artists such as Georges Seurat, Paul Signac, Camille Pissarro, and Henri-Edmond Cross.

Image: Gaetano Previati

Press Contact: Sara Bernshausen
t. +49 30202093 sara.bernshausen@db.com

Press Conference: Friday, January 26, 11 a.m.

Deutsche Guggenheim
Unter den Linden 13-15, Entrance Charlottenstrasse - Berlin
Opening hours: Daily 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., Thursdays to 10 p.m.
Admission: 4 Euro, reduced 3 Euro- free entrance on Mondays

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