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19/12/2006

Studiolo 1

Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid

Avigdor Arikha

The first in a new series of annual exhibitions entitled Studiolo will present a group of works from the Permanent Collection selected by a living artist. A studiolo, the diminutive of studio, was a small room in Renaissance palaces in which princes and rulers would read, reflect and contemplate carefully chosen works of art. In this first edition the painter Avigdor Arikha has been commissioned to make the choice of works. Focusing on the idea of “painting from life", Arikha has assembled a group of paintings by Caravaggio, Titian, Degas, Ce'zanne and Mondrian along with works by his own hand. Arikha is a painter appreciated by a small but select public, admired by critics and by knowledgeable collectors and artists.

In Renaissance palaces the word Studiolo referred to a small room where the prince could retire to read, meditate and contemplate carefully-chosen works of art. The Museum’s new series of exhibitions is entitled Studiolo as it aims to be a “museum within a museum", offering the visitor a place for contemplation. Each of the exhibitions in the series, to be held on an annual basis, will comprise a selection of masterpieces from the permanent collections chosen by a great living artist.

The curator of the first exhibition is Avigdor Arikha, a painter as well as a brilliant writer, lecturer, exhibition curator and maker of documentaries on painting. Arikha has devoted himself to working from life, producing paintings and drawings based on first-hand observation. This practice provides the focus for his selection, which brings together eighteen masterpieces from the Museum’s collection, from Caravaggio’s Saint Catherine to a composition by Mondrian which acts as a counterpoint to the idea of painting from life.

Image: Lorenzo Lotto

Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza
Paseo del Prado, 8 - Madrid

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