September 4, the Moscow Museum of Modern Art will open the installation Accardi, Carla (Carla Accardi) «Ceramic surface» ( "Superficie in ceramica ").

Carla Accardi (b. 1924) - One of the key figures of abstract art in the Italian second half of the twentieth century. She started working in this direction in the late 30's and today is widely known throughout the world. After graduating from the Academy of Fine Arts in Palermo, Accardi moved to Rome, where in 1947 created a group of artists abstraktsionistov «Forma 1». In the 50's was her first solo exhibition. Carla Accardi - the participant and the Venice Biennale the most important exhibitions of Italian art, including:

• «Italian art in the XX Century» ( "Italian Art in the 20th Century "), the curator - Norman Rosenthal, London, Royal Academy of Arts, 1989;
• « The Italian Metamorphosis, 1943-1968 »(" The Italian Metamorphosis, 1943-1968 "), Curator - Germano Chelant, New York, Guggenheim Museum, 1994.

In addition, Carla Accardi vyctavlyaetsya in many galleries, including the Salvator Ala Gallery (New York), Galleria Pierroni (Rome), Westend Gallery (Frankfurt), Galerie Meert Rioux (Brussels) and Sperone Westwater (New York York). In 1996, Carla Accardi was awarded the title of academician Brera and the Italian Republic, the President awarded her the title of «Grand Cross Horseman».

presented at the Moscow museum of modern art installation «Ceramic surface» - a joint project and stars Carla Accardi Italian rock music Gianni Nannini (Gianna Nannini).

In one of the halls of the museum built podium, paved with ceramic tiles. Like a chess board or a maze to the surface marked with abstract symbols and signs that resemble the ancient pictographic writing system. Figure sex is in some mysterious text, which has no beginning or end. This text is literally set to music - accompanied by an installation composed of Gianni Nannini «Passi di passagio» ( «Steps in passing» or «The steps on the way»). Music sets the special rhythm of the movement the spectator, otschityvaya and his physical actions, and the «read» them snippets of text. In addition, located on the walls of several works of Carla Accardi - thus, the visual impression, sound and the prevailing perception of space in a single picture.

The exhibition will run until September 28.

Source: mmoma.ru , artinvestment.ru