ITALIAN CULTURAL INSTITUTE

MARINO MARINI

Sculptures and graphics

March 4 - May 7 (2010)

Opening Reception: March 4 at 6 PM

Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago Pomona, 1947 500 N. Michigan Avenue #1450

Gallery Hours: 9 AM - 1 PM and 2 PM to 5 PM, Monday through Friday

PRESS RELEASE

The Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago is bringing two of Marini’s sculptural masterpieces, a bust of the architect Mies Van der Rohe, and thirty of his sketches, etchings, silkscreen prints and lithographs to Chicago in this unprecedented exhibition of the late master’s work. Marino Marini (1901 - 1980) is one of Italy’s greatest 20th century artists. His work was exhibited in Europe’s major cities throughout his lifetime, he took part in “The sculpture of the Twentieth Century” exhibition in New York City, and was an honorary citizen of the city of Milan. A museum dedicated entirely to his work opened in Florence in 1988. The ICI exhibit reexamines Marini’s role in the American art scene between the 1950s and 1970s, and introduces a new generation of art lovers to Marini’s most iconic creations: “Pomone," a female figure in bronze, and the magnificently modeled “Knight.” The themes of female archaic divinities called pomone, and of horsemen, were constants for Marini, whose artistic vision was informed by his early study of Tuscany’s famous Etruscan artwork. The work shown at the ICI is on loan from the city of Florence’s Marini Museum collection, the Marino Marini Foundation of Pistoia, and Prime Realty Group Trust. The show is made possible thanks to a generous grant from the Marino Marini Foundation of Pistoia.

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