Written by CIMA Fall 2020 Fellow, Claudia Daniotti.
Among the artworks featuring in the exhibition Marino Marini: Arcadian Nudes, two bronze reliefs are displayed side by side. Not only do they encapsulate perfectly the theme of the show, that is, the representation of the female body, but also exemplify a key feature in Marini’s artistic…
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With our spaces closed, we continue our online tour of the current exhibition, Marino Marini: Arcadian Nudes.
Pomona, 1941:
This life-size sculpture constitutes a ‘point of arrival’ for Marini’s research before the fracture in his artistic production, caused by the war experience and his self-exile in Switzerland. This bronze, once again, has a very belabored surface,…
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Read on for a detailed mini tour of three more of the pieces (currently not) on view at CIMA.
– Figura Seduta, 1944: As Marini returned to the female nude throughout the 1930s and 40s, his treatment of the subject had both moments of stasis and flux. Figura Seduta (Seated Figure)
exemplifies the artist’s flexibility…
Continue reading >>It is with great sadness that today, 29th of April, CIMA mourns the loss of Germano Celant, art critic and curator, certainly one of the most influential figures in the art world since the ‘60s.
Celant is mostly known to be the one that, in 1967, coined the term “Arte Povera” to name a new…
Continue reading >>We continue our virtual tour of Marino Marini: Arcadian Nudes with three more pieces included in the show. Sadly we do not know whether we will have an opportunity to re-open this exhibition to the public (it is scheduled to close June 13, 2020), so we hope you will enjoy this descriptive guide.
– Danzatrice,…
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As you may know, CIMA has been closed since March 13th, 2020 due to the ongoing public health crisis related to COVID-19.
It breaks our heart to interrupt our programs, fellowships, guided tours, and exhibition viewing hours, but the reason for doing this is beyond our– or anyone’s–control. We must follow official directives, and we…
Continue reading >>‘Susanna’ (Susanna) is the title of a fascinating sculpture by Marino Marini that is on view here at CIMA as part of the Marino Marini: Arcadian Nudes exhibition [Figure 1].
Cast in bronze after the Second World War, its plaster was conceived in 1943 during Marini’s self-imposed sojourn in the village of Tenero-Locarno, in Switzerland…
Continue reading >>Read on for a deep dive into 3 of the artworks included in Marino Marini: Arcadian Nudes (on through June 13, 2020).
– Venere, 1942
Our first stop on this descriptive tour, Marino Marini’s bronze Venere (Venus), cast in 1942 was created to represent a timeless, serene, and tranquil sense of order and balance. The Roman…
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– What is your favourite artwork from the Marino Marini show at CIMA and why? One of my favourite artworks from CIMA’s current exhibition is Marino Marini’s Nudo femminile (Female Nude) created in 1932-34, a piece in wood: the naturalism with which the sculptor made the anatomy of the female body distances itself from the…
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This season’s interns are ready to introduce themselves to the CIMA community! Meet Aimee Morris, Carina D’Urso, Claudia Roma, and Matilde Manicardi.
Aimee Morris
How did you first become interested in Art History? When I started at Barnard College, I felt like I had a number of interests but no outlet to combine them. I…
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