The Trauma of Painting
This major retrospective exhibition—the first in the United States in more than 35 years and the most comprehensive ever mounted—showcases the pioneering work of Italian artist Alberto Burri (1915–1995). Exploring the beauty and complexity of Burri’s process-based works, the exhibition positions the artist as a central and singular protagonist of post–World War II art. Burri is best known for his series of Sacchi (sacks) made of stitched and patched remnants of torn burlap bags, often combined with fragments of discarded clothing. Far less familiar to American audiences are his other series, which this exhibition represents in depth.
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Grande bianco (Large White) (1952), Alberto Burri © Fondazione Palazzo Albizzini Collezione Burri, Città di Castello/2015 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/SIAE, Rome
Rosso plastica (Red Plastic) (1961), Alberto Burri © Fondazione Palazzo Albizzini Collezione Burri, Città di Castello/2015 Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York/SIAE, Rome
Sacco e oro (Sack and Gold) (1953), Alberto Burri © Fondazione Palazzo Albizzini, Collezione Burri, Città di Castello/2015 Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York/SIAE, Rome
Alberto Burri in his studio in Case Nove di Morra, Città di Castello, Italy, 1982 © Aurelio Amendola, Pistoia, Italy
Sacco e rosso (Sack and Red) (c. 1959), Alberto Burri © Fondazione Palazzo Albizzini Collezione Burri, Città di Castello/2015 Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York/SIAE, Rome
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