The Alessandri Museum in Giaveno is hosting the first exhibition of early paintings by the dynamic Lorenzo Alessandri: over 30 paintings from private collections, alongside the permanent collection. The exhibition focuses on the artist’s early works and creative explorations, as he moved away from realism to venture into the realm of the fantastical. Women sitting, reclining, standing, seen from behind, clothed or nude. Figures that are not mere portraits but bodily landscapes. The pictorial language of this period (1950–1962) consists of greens, yellows, purples and blues set against bodies of orange, red and ochre that seem to blaze. The backgrounds of these Fauvist, splatter-painted works never depict a specific place but create an atmosphere. One senses the influence of Matisse in the simplification and pure colour, of Gauguin in the monumentality, and of Toulouse-Lautrec in the brushwork. On Friday 24th, during the opening reception, the Scalinata Ciska Oro adjacent to the museum will also be unveiled. This open-air artwork, depicting one of the most important paintings in the museum’s permanent collection, offers visitors a space of beauty beyond the confines of the museum itself.
Free