Reggio Emilia hosts a major exhibition on restlessness, from Klee and Ligabue to Jorn and Kiefer

A major exhibition on the theme ofrestlessness: this is Restless Art. The Urgency of Creation, which runs from November 18, 2022 to March 12, 2023 in Reggio Emilia in the rooms of Palazzo Magnani. The exhibition, curated by Giorgio Bedoni, Johann Feilacher and Claudio Spadoni, presents 140 works by great interpreters of theart of the 20th century and today (from Paul Klee, Max Ernst, Alberto Giacometti, and Jean Dubuffet to Hans Hartung and Anselm Kiefer, from Antonio Ligabue, Pietro Ghizzardi, Cesare Zavattini to Maria Lai, Alighiero Boetti, Emilio Isgrò, and Carla Accardi) to investigate, precisely, “Inquiet Art.”

The curators promise a never-before-seen sequence of masterpieces by great interpreters, including of international and Italianart brut . Alongside them, for the first time, the unpublished creations that come from the San Lazzaro Archives, what was once the “Asylum” of Reggio Emilia. At the center of this exhibition, the works reveal the creative urgency and vitality of the languages of art, necessary for the exploration of the infinite faces and expressions of human identity. Restless Art aims to be an exhibition where the creative impulse of the artists emerges, resulting in unique works that surprise, amaze and engage the visitor.

In each of the thematic rooms of this major exhibition, authors and works are confronted by affinities of genres and languages in an exhibition that investigates the vitality of the artist, his restless search for identity, suspended between glances at history and the exploration of inner landscapes.

“Art,” said the great Asger Jorn, “must communicate, send messages, making use of strong, barbaric, violent, vandalic expressions. Art is not a flat, polished, glossy image that emotional acids cannot attack. On the contrary, art scratches and disturbs, it is screeching, imperfection and invention. That is why one must oppose rationalism that wants to invade territories that do not belong to it, the territories of the imaginary.”

The Danish artist’s statement reverberates with that of Paul Klee, who put it this way, “More than one will not recognize the truth of my mirror. However, he must realize that I am not here to reflect the surface (this the photographic plate can do) but that I must penetrate to the inside. I reflect to the inside of the heart. I write words on the forehead and around the corners of the mouth. My human faces are more real than real faces.”

The exhibition is the culmination of Identità Inquieta, the program of events, exhibitions and performances promoted by various cultural institutions in the area to gather questions and show visions on the infinite nuances of identity.

Reggio Emilia hosts a major exhibition on restlessness, from Klee and Ligabue to Jorn and Kiefer

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