Museo del Novecento, Milano
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.
This section of the exhibition is curated by Danka Giacon and Luisa Somaini. Through drawings, plans, models, sculptures, paintings and photographs, the exhibition, which is organized into three main sections, tells the story of Somaini’s collaboration with Lucio Fontana, Ico Parisi and Giorgio Bassani, Caccia Dominioni and photographers Giorgio Casali, Ugo Mulas and Enrico Cattaneo. In 1962 Somaini, Fontana, Parisi and Bassani took part in the “Competition for the Monument to the Resistance in Cuneo”. The project, conceived as a true environmental intervention, was not to be selected, but the extensive documentation preserved allows us to understand the intense work carried out by the artists, which was skillfully captured in Casali’s reportage. The sculptor began a proven partnership with Luigi Caccia Dominioni that lasted for about two decades, as shown by the floor mosaics realized in private homes or public access buildings designed by the architect and that illustrate the circular nature of Somaini’s workshop’s architecture. Mulas and Cattaneo were invited by Somaini to document his operating method through some reportages: the innovative technique developed in realizing large-scale sculptures for the several international commissions the artist received.
Exhibition project: Studio NUMERO 10 ARCHITETTI
Opening hours
Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday from 10 a.m to 7.30 p.m.
Thursday from 10 a.m. to 10.30 p.m
(last admission ine hour before closing)
Tickets
The ticket includes admission to the permanent collection and the temporary exhibitions
Full price tickets euro 10,00
Reduced price tickets euro 8,00
Entrance for vistitors in piazza Duomo 8