Galleria Arco d'Alibert - Roma
The exhibition
22 March – 14 June 1968
Rome, Galleria Arco d'Alibert
curated by Mara Coccia
The Galleria Arco d'Alibert in Rome, founded and directed by Mara Coccia, presented Il Percorso in March 1968, one of the most significant group exhibitions of the Italian artistic avant-garde of the late 20th century.
The exhibition brings together nine leading figures from the Turin art scene, including Giovanni Anselmo, Alighiero Boetti, Mario Merz, Aldo Mondino, Ugo Nespolo, Giulio Paolini, Gianni Piacentino, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Gilberto Zorio and Piero Gilardi. The works were not installed before the exhibition opened to the public: the artists created them directly in the exhibition space, in front of visitors, making the creative process an integral part of the work itself.
The exhibition forms part of the fertile climate of Arte Povera, for which Turin was the principal cultural laboratory in those years, and marks a crucial moment in the redefinition of the relationship between artwork, space and the public. The exhibition is documented by photographs by Mario Cresci, a precious visual record of an event destined to leave a lasting mark on the history of Italian art.
Aldo Mondino is among the key figures in the exhibition, confirming his role as an active and recognised presence in the Italian avant-garde of the late 1960s.
Invitation to the exhibition "Il percorso" at Galleria Arco d'Alibert
L'ultimo gioco, 1967
pesce e sangue su scivolo in metallo
Claudio Abate
Ittiodromo, 1968
pesci veri, sangue, rotolo di 20 m di carta da spolvero
dimensioni variabili
Installazione alla Galleria Arco D'Alibert, Roma
Claudio Abate
Installazione alla Galleria Arco D'Alibert, Roma
Claudio Abate