A new trip has been announced for September 29 to Magazzino Italian Art, Cold Spring, NY.
Opened in 2017, Magazzino Italian Art is an art space devoted to Post-War Italian art. Besides galleries it houses a library and archive of “Arte Povera” (“poor art”) and serves as a resource for scholars and students.
The first building, a former farmers’ warehouse (magazzino in Italian), and a new building, opened in 2018, are surrounded by five acres of beautifully landscaped grounds.
The current special exhibit consists of works by Piero Gilardi, a contemporary artist from Turin, Italy who creates art with an environmental ecological message. His “Tappeto-Natura” (“nature carpets”) are iconoclastic sculptures made of polyurethane painted with synthetic pigments glued onto thick contoured foam beds. His sculptures include sea urchins, fruits, vegetables, and animals.
Gilardi is a member of the Arte Povera group who use everyday materials. “Concept rather than beauty; attitude more than form” is the idea behind this unique art.
We will have a docent-guided tour and after- hour museum visit, plus lunch in Cold Spring.