Depero's experience in New York in 1948: ‘I feel dizzy with vertigo but as still as an iron automaton.’
Depero's experience in New York in 1948: ‘I feel dizzy with vertigo but as still as an iron automaton.’
The idea of America as perceived in Italy during the twenty years of Fascism is amplified in the travel accounts of Depero, who stayed there between 1928 and 1930 and then between 1947 and 1948, as that of a fascinating, mythical country, socially and technologically advanced. The artist returned because, despite everything, America was for him a winning formula, an extraordinary, boundless field in which to implement modernity. Although the experimental forms and themes that had characterised his youth seemed distant, the artist's flexibility and versatility remained the fundamental requirement of his mature artistic experience.
INFORMATION
With Nicoletta Boschiero, co-curator of the exhibition and member of the Scientific Committee of the Bagatti Valsecchi Museum. Introduction by: Antonio D'Amico
Tea Talks. Art conversations at Casa Bagatti Valsecchi is a series of meetings with special guests, designed to recount the art and history of a significant period of the 20th century and explore fascinating themes in art history. Each event is accompanied by tea and pastries from the historic Pasticceria Cova.
COST
Full price: €15.00 per appointment €130.00 for all appointments
Reduced price for Friends of the Bagatti Valsecchi Museum: €12.00 per appointment €100.00 for all appointments
The cost includes tea and pastries.