Rebel art from Sixty-eight on display in Milan


Until Dec. 9, 2017, the Credito Valtellinese Group Gallery in Milan is hosting an exhibition on artistic expressions inspired by the protests and revolutions of Sixty-Eight

With the exhibition"Rebel Art. 1968-1978 Artists and Groups from Sixty-Eight," which runs until Dec. 9 at the Credito Valtellinese Group Gallery in Milan, aims to investigate those artistic expressions in Italy that were inspired by the political and revolutionary protest of those years.

On display are works belonging to a small group of artists, particularly active between Milan and Rome, who through both painting and magazine illustration, sought to construct an innovative language accepted by the broad masses.

About eighty works, as well as photographic evidence and illustrated documents, created by Vincenzo Agnetti, Franco Angeli, Fernando De Filippi, Nanni Balestrini, Gianfranco Baruchello, Mario Ceroli, Emilio Isgrò, Pablo Echaurren, Mario Schifano, Umberto Mariani, Franco Vaccari and other artists.

The exhibition was conceived by Marco Meneguzzo with the collaboration of the Gallery’s artistic directors.

Hours: Tuesday through Friday from 1:30 to 7:30 p.m., Saturday from 3 to 7 p.m. Closed Sundays, Mondays and Dec. 8.

Free admission.

Image: Paolo Baratella, Vieni signora Felicità (1970, acrylic on canvas, 100 x 100 cm) Ph. Credit: Fabrizio Stipari

Rebel art from Sixty-eight on display in Milan
Rebel art from Sixty-eight on display in Milan


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