Alberto Burri. Opere scelte 1948 – 1993

Like every year in October the Mazzoleni Gallery (ex Nuova Gissi Gallery) launches the exhibition season with an important historical retrospective: Alberto Burri. Opere Scelte 1948-1993 / Chosen works 1948-1993 curated by Francesco Poli.
There are about fifty works on show, through which it is possible to retrace all the different phases of the research and the several techniques that Alberto Burri used from 1948 to 1993: from oil painting, from sacchi (sacks) to combustioni (combustions), from legni (woods) to ferri (irons), from plastiche (plastics) to cretti (cracks), up to the cellotex.
For the first time on public display are eight never seen before works: a series of “black and gold” cellotex of big sizes (109,5×164,5cm) made by Burri in 1993.
Among the works on show there are three wonderful “Sacchi”, two powerful “Ferri”, two big “Plastiche”, red for the dramatic tension, some “Combustioni”, and several “Cretti” and “Cellotex” of different sizes.