Somaini- Sculptures, paintings and drawings 1950/2001

The anthological event “Somaini – sculture, dipinti e disegni 1950/2001/Somaini – sculptures, paintings and drawings 1950/2001/” is set up as an exhibition with an ideal itinerary devised and promoted by the Council of Como, featuring the Antonio Ratti Foundation and with the scientific cooperation of the Somaini Archive.
Curated by Fred Licht, expert in modern and contemporary sculpture and curator of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation of New York, the exhibition retraces the more than half a century long artistic career of this great sculptor from Como (Lomazzo, 1926) and offers the opportunity of admiring a selection of never seen before works.
The exhibition develops in an articulate way, spread over several expository venues: the Broletto and the Antonio Ratti Foundation, attentive to the features of the locations, with the setting devised by Luigi Caccia Dominioni, while some monumental sculptures can be found in the courtyard of the City Hall – Palazzo Cernezzi (Prometeo, 1963) and in the courtyard of the Giovio Museum (Grande traccia per la Nascita di Venere/Great track for the Birth of Venus, 1986).