Arte, genio e follia. Modern and contemporary art exhibition

Arte, genio e follia. Modern and contemporary art exhibition

Art and folly, psychoanalysis and creativity: an exhibition that tells the fascinating relationship between artistic production and mental unease. This show, created on an idea by Vittorio Sgarbi, represents the first attempt to investigate the relationship between art and madness. Van Gogh, Kirchner, Munch, Ernst, Dix, Grosz, Guttuso, Mafai and

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Thu 29 Jan 2009 1:00 AM

Art and folly,
psychoanalysis and creativity: an exhibition that tells the fascinating
relationship between artistic production and mental unease. This show, created
on an idea by Vittorio Sgarbi, represents the first attempt to investigate the
relationship between art and madness. Van Gogh, Kirchner, Munch, Ernst, Dix,
Grosz, Guttuso, Mafai and Ligabue are only some of the artists at the center of
the exhibition. Works include paintings and sculptures on loan from some of Europe’s most famous museums, including Musee d’Orsay al
Musée National d’Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, the Prado, Kirchner Museum, the National Gallery for Modern Art in Rome, the Brera and the Braidense National Library in
Milan.

 

For more
information, see www.artegeniofollia.it or call 0577224811.

 

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