Galleria Fumagalli presents the seventh and second-to-last instalment of the exhibition program “MY30YEARS – Coherency in Diversity”, conceived by art historian Lóránd Hegyi on the occasion of Annamaria Maggi’s 30-year career at the helm of the gallery, and aimed at offering unprecedented comparisons between twelve artists followed or represented by the gallery.
“Allargamento della referenzialità” presents the dialogue between Maurizio Nannucci (Florence, 1939), Maria Elisabetta Novello (Vicenza, 1974) and Marco Tirelli (Rome, 1956). Although the works are the result of different generational experiences and manifest different aesthetic and intellectual approaches, their joint exhibition reveals the common trend to open up to many referential fields, that is, to multiple aspects of the artistic thought.
By presenting works created for the occasion and imbued with a metaphorical and romantic imagery, Maria Elisabetta Novello shows her interest in realizing a possible reconstruction of the spiritual unity of existence, through the collection of the signs of its passage. Taking up a chalcographic technique dating back to the mid-19th century named “fisiotipia”, the artist continues her exploration into the imprints of reality. With a botanical approach, not intended to replicate a mere scientific investigation, but instrumental in giving a new vision of things, Maria Elisabetta Novello is able to evoke emotionally suggestive embodiments of the wonder of nature and its mysterious power.

Through the radiant purity of the neon light and the multi-referential complexity of the texts, Maurizio Nannucci reveals his critical and interrogative approach to pre-established conceptual systems. In a rigorous and assertive way, he offers formulas that question the boarders between information and derived referential fields, proposing overbridging antagonisms and contradictions. In this sense, his oeuvre also reveals the legacy of intellectual Romanticism, providing a vision free from prejudices.
Marco Tirelli’s visual practice explores deep notional reservoirs in which intellectual and sensorial experiences, personal motions and cultural, historical and conventional narratives merge and create metaphorically rich combinations. His forms – apparently non-representational with their wide fields of dark tones – absorb memories of places and deep imaginations, suggesting a continuous search for orientation.
While Maurizio Nannucci focuses on the multi-layered message of his textual systems based on sharply formulated contra-poles and alternatives, the visual imagery created by Marco Tirelli promotes an amalgam of emotional and intellectual references in order to create a certain fluidity of vital and organic uncertainty.

Consisting of eight exhibitions and involving twelve artists from the gallery’s roster, the program “MY30YEARS – Coherency in Diversity” offers in each step the dialogue between three artists (each of whom is involved in the program twice) on specific themes. Aiming to overcome rigid and antiquated artistic categorizations, the program stimulates new interpretations of the languages and paradigms of contemporary art.

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