Tragicomica. Prospettive sull'arte italiana dal secondo Novecento a oggi
from 02 April 2026 to 20 September 2026
Roma
Locandina mostra "Tragicomica"
The exhibition brings together over 300 works to explore the ironic element that runs through Italian culture – what the philosopher Giorgio Agamben described as a ‘stubborn anti-tragic intention’ (Italian Categories, 1996). More than a mere attitude, it is a genuine national sensibility that finds its first and highest reference in Dante’s Divine Comedy: in the revolutionary approach of tackling the most complex themes through a register linked to everyday life, intertwining ‘high’ culture with popular culture.
The timeframe spans over eighty years, from the post-war period to the present day, focusing on artists who have made the tension between the tragic and the comic the centre of their poetics and their view of the world. What emerges is an alternative narrative of Italian art, one that disrupts the canon, expanding it and offering a layered and alternative reading of the history of national art. Tragicomica explores these themes within cultural production in the broadest sense, also involving cinema, theatre, architecture, literature and philosophy in a rich public programme
The works engage in dialogue with one another in a continuous and unprecedented dialogue between iconic works and others that have received less attention.
Among the artists on display: Gianfranco Baruchello, Elena Bellantoni, Mirella Bentivoglio, Tomaso Binga, Alighiero Boetti, Monica Bonvicini, Maurizio Cattelan, Adelaide Cioni, Roberto Cuoghi, Gino De Dominicis, Luciano Fabro, Lucio Fontana, Chiara Fumai, Silvia Giambrone, Nicole Gravier, Piero Golia, Piero Manzoni, Liliana Moro, Valerio Nicolai, Paola Pivi, Giuseppe Penone, Carol Rama, Lorenzo Scotto Di Luzio and Gilberto Zorio.
Locandina mostra "Tragicomica"
Catalogo mostra "Tragicomica"
Arlecchino storico e il suo strumento, (s.d.).
tecnica mista su tela
162 × 130 cm
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