leave storage for an exhibition of the works of "women's section" of the Florentine gallery
Florence. In the Sala delle Reali Poste, December 17 30 January, will take the tenth cycle of "I never seen 'with the exhibition" Self-Portrait. Artist of whimsy and wit destrissimo, "sponsored by the Friends of the Uffizi. Emphasizes the director of the Uffizi Gallery Antonio Natali: "This year not say" i have ever seen ", but" unseen "because exposure to the Uffizi Christmas is all devoted to women in creations designed by women and indeed, to portraits of women who meditate on their appearance or identity intellectual and poetic. In s'avvedrà shows us that from the mid-twentieth century the exercise of expressive women is enriched, and while it amplifies the intensity of their voice . The poem, whether of speech, figure od'invenzione, can not ignore the freedom. Freedom to express themselves without feeling the wind on the neck or even the breath of prejudice.
Freedom to be (and not just feel) like any other traveling companion . In fact, the exhibition, curated by Giovanna Giusti, is dedicated to "women's section" of the collection of portraits of the Uffizi Gallery. The "Self Portrait" is a small part of the entire collection, including about 1,700 works, only for its originality and wealth. The exhibition runs through the observation of past works and contemporary women artists from the focus on its image: from "historical" Tintoretto, Lavinia Fontana, Rosalba or Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun to the lesser known Marianna Waldstein, Irene Parenti Duclos, Therese Schwartze Van Duyl, Elza Ransonnet Villez, Marie Collart Henrotin, but also Merret Oppenheim, Marie Laurencin, Kathe Kollowitz, Elisabeth Chaplin, Olga Carol Rama.
take on particular significance three portraits by unknown artists, "to be baptized," as written on the back of one of the paintings, whose names hopefully they can return to light, like that of an extraordinary young Maria Hadfield Cosway, recently recognized and exhibited for the first time. In the words of Superintendent
Cristina Acidini " For Florentine collections it was time to reap the benefits of an already long process of investigation and documentary critical reconnaissance, which over the years, many personality women's artistic re-emerged in the studies, pending of being presented to a wider audience .
The exhibition, free admission, is made from the Uffizi Gallery (The Superintendency for the Historical Anthropological Heritage and the State Museums of Florence) and organized with the contribution from MondoMostre Ente Cassa di Risparmio di Firenze and the support of Knauf and Ataf.
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