Art Of The Day Weekly
#481 - from 13 July 2017 to 13 September 2017
Giorgio de Chirico, Piazza d'Italia con fontana, ca 1968, oil on canvas, Fondazione Giorgio e Isa de Chirico © Giorgio de Chirico, VEGAP Barcelona, 2017.
A return of de Chirico
BARCELONA – He made the red towers of the castle of Ferrara world famous, while inventing an appendix to surrealism, metaphysical painting. Marble ephebes and wood mannequins wait patiently on deserted squares, enhanced by cutting shadows. Giorgio de Chirico (1888-1978) is a classical artist of the 20th century. But when he came back, decades later, with the same ‘official’ subjects, he caused a couple of headaches for many experts. His Piazze d’Italia are somewhat late – more contemporary of May 68 than of the Russian revolution -. But we must admit the artist uses his repertoire to the fullest. Ill-known sculptures from the forties, portraits, and drawings complete this retrospective of nearly 150 works.
• El mundo de Giorgio de Chirico. Sueño o realidad at Caixa Forum, from 19 July to 22 October 2017. Catalogue €30.