PERSONNAGES
from Werefkin to Miró and from Warhol to Paladino
Works from the Braglia Collection
17th March - 16th July 2022
Personnages (Characters) aims to be a major group exhibition drawing on the artistic heritage of the Braglia Collection.
More than 90 works of art (paintings, drawings and sculptures) created between 1901 and 2014 are presented in which the representation of the human being is central: from his figuration to his condition as an individual, compared to his surroundings, his history and the other.
Divided into nine themes (the study of the figure, the nude, the female figure, the couple, motherhood and childhood, “divertissement”, work, the search for the self and death), the exhibition provides a point of reflection to explore the essence of the human being.
Peter Doig, Red House figures II, 1996, pastelli a olio su carta, 19,6 × 24,8 cm © Peter Doig. All Rights Reserved / 2021, ProLitteris, Zurich
Joan Miró, Sans titre (Personnages), 1947, inchiostro di china, acquerello, pastello e matita su carta, 58,7 × 73,4 cm © Successió Miró / 2021, ProLitteris, Zurich
Andy Warhol, Untitled (Portrait of a Lady, Flowers and Birds), 1958, inchiostro e matita su carta, 60,6 × 45,3 cm © The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / 2021, ProLitteris, Zuric
Looking behind people’s “masks” is a privilege allowed only to a few. It is often the artists who open our eyes and render visible our inner values as well as human flaws..
In the Personnages exhibition we explore this phenomenon through the works conserved in the Braglia Collection, spanning more than a century of art history.
The diverse approaches of the painters, draughtsmen, and sculptors featured in the exhibition go well beyond the 19th- and early 20th-century artistic aim of creating a realistic portrait of a given person. Rather, they are interested in capturing multi-faceted personal characteristics and individual qualities. The range offered by the Braglia Collection is almost infinite and covers a wide artistic period ranging from Joan Mir. to Gino Severini, from Pablo Picasso to Emil Nolde. It is truly exciting to explore how the way of seeing and portraying people changes from artist to artist and how their ideas flow into the works they create.
Let yourselves be transported through the images of the Braglia Collection’s ‘personages’ in this unique and exciting journey!
