Robilant+Voena is pleased to announce The Infinity of White. Lucio Fontana and the Italian Artists of the Absolute, the first public exhibition to focus on Post-War Italian art in the Middle East. Taking place at Bayt Greiza, a historical building now used as an exhibition space for the National Museum, the exhibition brings together works by six of the most influential artists who energised Italian painting and sculpture in the mid-twentieth century: Agostino Bonalumi, Enrico Castellani, Pietro Consagra, Lucio Fontana, Piero Manzoni, and Paolo Scheggi. R+V is excited to bring the work of these artists to new audiences, facilitating a greater understanding of how they uprooted artistic traditions to explore the limitless potential of space. The partnership with the National Museum, Oman’s flagship cultural institution, also offers an opportunity for local and international audiences to explore affinities between the Italian artworks and the rich artefacts of Omani heritage and culture in the Museum’s collection.
Edmondo di Robilant and Marco Voena, Partners, state on behalf of the gallery:
‘As one of the leading international galleries of post-war Italian art, Robilant+Voena is delighted to be curating this exhibition in partnership with the National Museum, the first exhibition focusing on Spatialism and its legacy in the 1960s and 1970s to take place in the Middle East. With the support of the Museum’s Secretary General, His Excellency Jamal al-Moosawi, who has a deep personal interest in the artists working in Italy during this period, we hope this exhibition will allow new audiences to engage with the pioneering artistic experiments set in motion by Lucio Fontana and his contemporaries.’
In addition to the exhibition at Bayt Greiza, R+V is lending an artwork by Agostino Bonalumi, Rosso (Red), to The National Museum, where it will be displayed alongside the Museum’s permanent collection.
R+V is publishing a catalogue on the occasion of the exhibition, with a foreword by His Excellency Jamal al-Moossawi, Secretary-General of the Oman National Museum, and an essay by Sergio Risaliti, Director of the Museo Novecento, Florence.
