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27/6/2006

Italian Abstraction 1910-1960

Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art, London

An exciting exhibition displaying pioneering works of abstract art from Italy will be on show at the Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art, 39a Canonbury Square, London N1, from Wednesday 28 June to Sunday 24 September 2006. Encompassing five decades, the exhibition aims to provide an overview of the various tendencies and developments within Italian abstraction during its formative years, and includes some 60 works by a number of high-profile artists as well as those who are perhaps less familiar.

Abstraction first emerged in Italian art around 1910, partly as an extension of the scientific interests of Divisionism. Like Neo-Impressionist painters such as Seurat, the Italian Divisionists were concerned with the study of light, constructing images from small dashes of pure colour to achieve greater luminosity. Giacomo Balla was to push such ideas into bold new abstract directions from 1912 in his series of Iridescent Compenetrations, in which the play of light - represented as brilliantly hued intersecting lozenges of colour - became the sole subject of the work.

In 1909 the Italian poet Filippo Tommaso Marinetti established the Futurist movement. Insisting that 'there can be no modern painting without the starting point of an absolutely modern sensation’, the Futurists turned to the urban environment and the machine for inspiration, making the evocation of speed and dynamic movement their central artistic goal. Further experiments with abstraction followed, Balla again being at the forefront of these, depicting the 'essential force-lines of speed’ as brightly coloured arcs and thrusting, jagged forms in works such as Speeding Automobile, 1913.

Catalogue: A fully-illustrated catalogue accompanies the exhibition, published by Mazzotta, £12.95

Katie Rix - Sue Bond Public Relations
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Sponsors: Organised in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute
and supported by the Italian Embassy, London

Events: There will be series of gallery talks, free with admission ticket on the day.

In conjunction with the exhibition at the Estorick Collection, a selection of abstract works from the 1940s to the 1960s will be shown at the Italian Cultural Institute.
This will include drawings, mixed media, oils and watercolours by Afro, Balla, Burri, Capogrossi, Fontana, Marinetti, Perilli, Reggiani and Soldati.
Italian Cultural Institute
39 Belgrave Square London SW1X 8NX Tel: 020 7235 1461
http://www.icilondon.esteri.it
Open Monday - Friday, 10.00 - 17.00
Free admission

Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art
39a Canonbury Square, London N1 2AN
Opening hours: Wednesday to Saturday 11.00 - 18.00 hours, Sunday 12.00 - 17.00 hours
Shop: open gallery hours. Library: by appointment only
Admission: £3.50, concessions £2.50.
Free to under-16s and students on production of a valid NUS card. Library, by appointment only, £2.50 per visit.
Groups: Groups of 10 or more may book gallery talks by curatorial staff on the current exhibition and the permanent collection. Talks last for approximately 50 minutes and there is an additional charge of £3.50 per head. Lunch can also be arranged for groups.

Access: Main entrance in Canonbury Road. Wheelchair access to garden level galleries, cafe', shop and toilets. The building’s listed status prevents wheelchair access to the first floor galleries and library. Car parking for blue badge holders only. Induction loop in Gallery 2.

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