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BRUSAMOLINO
Epic perspectives of myth

April 25  thru June 20 2010
Opening hours: Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays, holidays: 10-12 am / 3.00 - 6.00 pm
Tickets: Euro 2.60   cut- rate tickets:  Euro 1.60

The exhibit will open on Saturdays, April 24, 2010 at 5.30 pm

Pressrelease

After a number of collective exhibitions revolving around specific themes, the museum goes back to displaying the works of contemporary individual artists, starting with an exhibit dedicated to Gianni Brusamolino.

Brusamolino was born in Cassano D'Adda in 1928 and studied art in Milan at Scuola d'Arte del Castello Sforzesco and at the Brera Accademy.
During the 50's and early 60's he emerges as a remarkable artistic personality in the Milan area, both as a painter and a sculptor. He lives in France for long periods, absorbing the local culture and making it part of his intense research and numerous experiences.
The artist is initially influenced by existential realism, as are his friends Giuseppe Guerreschi, Mino Ceretti, Bepi Romagnoni, Gianfranco Ferroni, and other artists of that time. Later, however, he moves to a poetic and informal type of expression exploring suggestive and evocative spaces.

His inborn sense of time and history merges then with his inclination towards the classic and Greek/Roman culture resulting in images where epic tradition, myth interpretation and contemporary art become one.
In his ripe age, influences by Cezanne and Marini forcefully emerge again, not as a mere imitation, but as markedly personal interpretation.
Brusamolino is still one of the most important artistic personality in Lombardy, as the many writings by critics make evident. He still produces art actively, using his enormous experience and talent, supported in turn by his very refined technical skills.

The Museo Civico di Maccagno focuses on particular cycles of his recent artistic past that have been typical of his production during the last decade.

The exhibit was conceived by Claudio Rizzi, coordinated by Ad Acta and sponsored by Regione Lombardia, Provincia di varese and Provincia di Milano. The exhibition, designed by Stefano Cagliari, includes about 50 works (paintings and sculptures) coherently selected and linearly displayed for maximum clarity.
An exhaustive catalog by Silva Editrice about the works on display and the artist will be available.