Somaini Foundation
The exhibition “Somaini e Milano”, promoted by Comune di Milano | Cultura, Palazzo Reale, Museo del Novecento e
Fondazione Somaini, retraces the work of the great internationally known Lombard sculptor, from his student years to his final phase. The exhibition, which is curated by Fulvio Irace, Luisa Somaini and Francesco Tedeschi on project of Enrico Crispolti, is set up in three venues, Museo del Novecento, Royal Palace of Milan and Fondazione Somaini, explores the different areas of his diverse and creative research, thus bringing to light his collaboration with the leading Milanese cultural players at that time. The project originates from a systematic study of the artist’s workshop, during the publication of “Catalogo ragionato della scultura’’ edited by Enrico Crispolti and Luisa Somaini, published in 2021.
In front of the Royal Palace the installation “The Developement of a anthropomorphic work” (1979) is a great signal of the exhibition.
The exhibition, curated by Fulvio Irace and Luisa Somaini, presents a hundred works including drawings, projects, models, sculptures and photomontages and documents Somaini’s reflection and aspiration to shape cities with his interventions. Alongside the well-known metropolitan visions of New York, there are many unpublished materials that document the artist’s constant attention to the Lombard cities (Bergamo, Como, Mantua) and to Milan. A real preview of the use of greenery as an alternative to urban congestion are the drawings for Milan and Paris, from the park to Largo Marinai d’Italia to the Parisian competition of the Parc de La Villette. Also exhibited projects, photomontages, drawings of his revolutionary visions of European metropolises (Düsseldorf, Duisburg) that amaze for the radical nature of the urban solutions.
Exhibition design: arch. Jacopo Irace
Opening hours
Thursday, Friday, Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The Foundation will be closed for the Christmas holidays from 1.00 pm on Friday 23rd to Monday 26th December inclusive.
Tickets
Free admission by reservation only: call +39 02 583 117 07 or write to fondazione.somaini@gmail.com
Entrance for visitors in via Cassolo, in front of street number n. 3