75 works by Chagall, lithographs, engravings, etchings, on display at MARTE in Cava de 'Tirreni, for the exhibition “Marc Chagall. Signs and colors of the soul "
Updated: for organizational reasons the exhibition will not be open from 17.00 on Wednesday 3 June 2015. Re-opening: Tuesday 9 June at 09.00.
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Il MARTE, Mediateca Art Events di Cava de 'Tirreni (SA), will host from the 28 March to the 28 June 2015, an extraordinary exhibition dedicated to one of the most beloved 900 artists in the world: Marc Chagall.
Marc Chagall. Signs and colors of the soul, this is the title of the exhibition curated by Ada Patrizia Fiorillo, is in line with other interesting exhibitions set up in Italy for the famous Russian master, like the one just ended in Milan, and the one to be held at the Chiostro del Bramante in Rome.
In particular to the MARS you can admire them graphic works by Chagall, such as lithographs, engravings, etchings and cable prints, through the exhibition of seventy-five tables made by the artist between the twenties and the fifties. Five cycles from which the works are drawn: The Dead Souls, The Fables of La Fontaine, The Bible, Chagall 1957, Dessin pour la Bible in addition to color lithography Monumental chagall made by the artist in 1973 and the etching The donkey with the bunch of flowers of 1968.
The works Marc Chagall they are much loved for their fairy-tale and surreal atmosphere, suspended between dream and reality, for landscapes that recall his past in Vitebsk, his city of origin and for his colorful compositions. His style is very eclectic and multifaceted, ranging from cubism, fauvism and surrealism.
Chagall he was able to get closer to the printing techniques and to illustrations in the XNUMXs thanks to the publisher Paul Cassirer and Vollard, who encouraged him towards the etching technique and who commissioned him the illustrations for The dead souls of Gogol, the hundred etchings for The fables of La Fontaine and, from the 1931 to the 39, the one hundred and five illustrations for the Bible.
The artist soon discovered the expressive potentialities of graphic illustration, of printing (both in hollow and flat), of lithography and of the particular use of color that these means needed. Thus, in the '50' years, in the Parisian printing house of Fernand Mourlot, most of the works realized with these techniques were born. Those that show it Marc Chagall. Signs and colors of the soul al MARS will give the opportunity to admire, revealing a new imagination in the production of the Russian master.
Information on the exhibition of Chagall at MARTE
- When: from the 28 March to the 28 June 2015
- Timetables: from Monday to Sunday from 10 to 13; from 17 to 21
- Price tickets:
• Full: € 6,00
• Reduced: € 3,00 - Where: MARTE, Mediateca Arte Eventi, Cava de 'Tirreni, Corso Umberto I, 137
info about Chagall official website at MARS
