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The catalogue presents a selection of works by Italian artists from a private contemporary art collection, which pays tribute to the art of the second half of the twentieth century, and is an integral part of the history and growth of the company that collected it over the years.
The collection includes 250 artworks spanning the early years post-World War II to the early 2000s, created by artists such as Valerio Adami, Enrico Baj, Alberto Burri, Hsiao Chin, Mario Schifano, Arnaldo Pomodoro, and Joe Tilson.
The catalogue narrates an Italian path to Pop Art through the works of Valerio Adami, Franco Angeli, Enrico Baj, Lucio Del Pezzo, Gianfranco Pardi, Mario Schifano and Emilio Tadini. From the mid-sixties these artists addressed a long-standing iconographic tradition, revising and transcending the avant-gardes and stylistic techniques of the past, making use of a rich variety of resources that are often put to the service of a social and cultural activism. Indeed, this catalogue and the collection itself tell a common story: the desire to be activists, not spectators of those initiatives that create value for society.
