GIO’ POMODORO
Critical text by Sergio Risaliti
EDUARDO SECCI FIRENZE
Florence, from September 16 to December 23, 2022
Opening: Friday, September 16, 11:00 am - 8:00 pm
Exhibition walkthrough video available online
Exhibition view, Gio’ Pomodoro, 2022, Eduardo Secci Firenze, Photo Stefano Maniero, Courtesy Archivio Gio’ Pomodoro and Eduardo Secci, Florence, Milan
Eduardo Secci is pleased to announce the retrospective dedicated to Gio’ Pomodoro, with a critical essay by Sergio Risaliti, in the gallery space in Florence from September 16 to December 23, 2022.
The exhibition - twenty-six years after the last one held in the Sala d’Arme of Palazzo Vecchio - marks the return of the Maestro to the city of Florence. With this first project presented to the audience, Eduardo Secci and the Gio’ Pomodoro Archive start their collaboration, which aims to enhance and promote the artist's work on the Italian and international scene.
The occasion - focused on the diffusion of the artistic practice of one of the greatest protagonists of Twentieth Century sculpture - is part of the program of the Florence Art Week from September 16 to 24, 2022.
Between the end of the 1950s and the 1960s, Gio’ Pomodoro (1930, Orciano di Pesaro - 2002, Milan, Italy) is a central figure of international sculpture for his inventions, experimentations, and ability to combine theory and practice.
The idea of the series Tensioni first and Folle later - with shapes produced by the arrangement of sheets solidified with liquid plaster and cast in bronze, but also made with polyester and marble - is an action that precedes any experiment of the Anti-Form movement. Similarly, the large-scale works Soli conceived for public spaces of the urban landscape represent a “civil” concept of sculpture that is still unsurpassed today.
The exhibition walkthrough video will be online at www.eduardosecci.com/exhibitions.
Gio’ Pomodoro, Folla, 1962, shiny bronze, 67 x 145 x 15 cm (26.3 x 57 x 5.9 in), Photo Stefano Maniero, Courtesy Archivio Gio’ Pomodoro and Eduardo Secci, Florence, Milan
Gio’ Pomodoro, Sole caduto per Galileo Galilei, 2002, white marble, 55 x 80 x 80 cm (21.6 x 31.4 x 31.4 in), Photo Stefano Maniero, Courtesy Archivio Gio’ Pomodoro and Eduardo Secci, Florence, Milan
Sergio Risaliti is the director of Museo Novecento in Florence.
Eduardo Secci is an Italian art gallery in Florence - where it was founded in 2013 - and Milan with two locations opened in 2021 and 2022. It presents a double program featuring the exhibitions of the main gallery and its independent experimental space NOVO.
Gio’ Pomodoro, Figlia del sole, 1991, green patinated bronze, sodalite base, 193 x 117 x 68 cm (75.9 x 46 x 26.7 in), Photo Stefano Maniero, Courtesy Archivio Gio’ Pomodoro and Eduardo Secci, Florence, Milan
Gio’ Pomodoro, Folla, 1992, Black Belgian marble, base in Red Levanto marble, 150 x 135 x 30 cm (59 x 53.1 x 11.8 in), Photo Stefano Maniero, Courtesy Archivio Gio’ Pomodoro and Eduardo Secci, Florence, Milan
EDUARDO SECCI Firenze
Gio’ Pomodoro, critical text by Sergio Risaliti
From September 16 to December 23, 2022
NOVO Firenze
The Dream of Reason - Daria Dmytrenko, curated by Edoardo Monti
From September 16 to November 19, 2022
Piazza Goldoni 2, Florence, Italy / +39 055 661356 / firenze@eduardosecci.com
Hours: Tuesday - Saturday, 10:00 am - 1:30 pm / 2:30 - 7:00 pm; Opening: Friday, September 16, 11:00 am - 8:00 pm
NOVO Milano - Via Olmetto (NEW LOCATION)
David Schnell, curated by Pier Paolo Pancotto
From September 21 to November 11, 2022
EDUARDO SECCI Milano - Via Olmetto (NEW LOCATION)
Remains to be seen - Chris Soal
From September 21 to November 11, 2022
Via Olmetto 1, Milan, Italy / +39 02 38248728 / milano@eduardosecci.com
Hours: Tuesday - Saturday, 10:00 am - 1:30 pm / 2:30 - 7:00 pm; Opening: Wednesday, September 21, 6:00 - 9:00 pm
EDUARDO SECCI Milano - Via Zenale
Michael Staniak
From September 23 to November 18, 2022
Harvest of Time - Monika Grzymala
From September 23 to November 18, 2022
Via Zenale 3, Milan, Italy / +39 02 38248728 / milano@eduardosecci.com
Hours: Monday - Friday, 10:00 am - 1:30 pm / 2:30 - 7:00 pm; Opening: Friday, September 23, 11:00 am - 8:00 pm
www.eduardosecci.com / gallery@eduardosecci.com / IG @eduardoseccigallery / FB @eduardoseccicontemporary
www.novo.ooo / hello@novo.ooo / IG @novo_projects / FB @NOVOprojects
Exhibition walkthroughs videos with artists and curators:
www.eduardosecci.com/exhibitions - www.novo.ooo/exhibitions
Press Office: THE KNACK STUDIO / Tamara Lorenzi
tamara@theknackstudio.com / +39 347 0712934
info@theknackstudio.com / www.theknackstudio.com
GIO’ POMODORO
Critical text by Sergio Risaliti
EDUARDO SECCI FIRENZE
Florence, from September 16 to December 23, 2022
Opening: Friday, September 16, 11:00 am - 8:00 pm
Exhibition walkthrough video available online
Exhibition view, Gio’ Pomodoro, 2022, Eduardo Secci Firenze, Photo Stefano Maniero, Courtesy Archivio Gio’ Pomodoro and Eduardo Secci, Florence, Milan
Eduardo Secci is pleased to announce the retrospective dedicated to Gio’ Pomodoro, with a critical essay by Sergio Risaliti, in the gallery space in Florence from September 16 to December 23, 2022.
The exhibition - twenty-six years after the last one held in the Sala d’Arme of Palazzo Vecchio - marks the return of the Maestro to the city of Florence. With this first project presented to the audience, Eduardo Secci and the Gio’ Pomodoro Archive start their collaboration, which aims to enhance and promote the artist's work on the Italian and international scene.
The occasion - focused on the diffusion of the artistic practice of one of the greatest protagonists of Twentieth Century sculpture - is part of the program of the Florence Art Week from September 16 to 24, 2022.
Between the end of the 1950s and the 1960s, Gio’ Pomodoro (1930, Orciano di Pesaro - 2002, Milan, Italy) is a central figure of international sculpture for his inventions, experimentations, and ability to combine theory and practice.
The idea of the series Tensioni first and Folle later - with shapes produced by the arrangement of sheets solidified with liquid plaster and cast in bronze, but also made with polyester and marble - is an action that precedes any experiment of the Anti-Form movement. Similarly, the large-scale works Soli conceived for public spaces of the urban landscape represent a “civil” concept of sculpture that is still unsurpassed today.
The exhibition walkthrough video will be online at www.eduardosecci.com/exhibitions.
Sergio Risaliti is the director of Museo Novecento in Florence.
Gio’ Pomodoro, Folla, 1962, shiny bronze, 67 x 145 x 15 cm (26.3 x 57 x 5.9 in), Photo Stefano Maniero, Courtesy Archivio Gio’ Pomodoro and Eduardo Secci, Florence, Milan
Gio’ Pomodoro, Sole caduto per Galileo Galilei, 2002, white marble, 55 x 80 x 80 cm (21.6 x 31.4 x 31.4 in), Photo Stefano Maniero, Courtesy Archivio Gio’ Pomodoro and Eduardo Secci, Florence, Milan
Eduardo Secci is an Italian art gallery in Florence - where it was founded in 2013 - and Milan with two locations opened in 2021 and 2022. It presents a double program featuring the exhibitions of the main gallery and its independent experimental space NOVO.
Gio’ Pomodoro, Figlia del sole, 1991, green patinated bronze, sodalite base, 193 x 117 x 68 cm (75.9 x 46 x 26.7 in), Photo Stefano Maniero, Courtesy Archivio Gio’ Pomodoro and Eduardo Secci, Florence, Milan
Gio’ Pomodoro, Folla, 1992, Black Belgian marble, base in Red Levanto marble, 150 x 135 x 30 cm (59 x 53.1 x 11.8 in), Photo Stefano Maniero, Courtesy Archivio Gio’ Pomodoro and Eduardo Secci, Florence, Milan
EDUARDO SECCI Firenze
Gio’ Pomodoro, critical text by Sergio Risaliti
From September 16 to December 23, 2022
NOVO Firenze
The Dream of Reason - Daria Dmytrenko, curated by Edoardo Monti
From September 16 to November 19, 2022
Piazza Goldoni 2, Florence, Italy / +39 055 661356 / firenze@eduardosecci.com
Hours: Tuesday - Saturday, 10:00 am - 1:30 pm / 2:30 - 7:00 pm; Opening: Friday, September 16, 11:00 am - 8:00 pm
NOVO Milano - Via Olmetto (NEW LOCATION)
David Schnell, curated by Pier Paolo Pancotto
From September 21 to November 11, 2022
EDUARDO SECCI Milano - Via Olmetto (NEW LOCATION)
Remains to be seen - Chris Soal
From September 21 to November 11, 2022
Via Olmetto 1, Milan, Italy / +39 02 38248728 / milano@eduardosecci.com
Hours: Tuesday - Saturday, 10:00 am - 1:30 pm / 2:30 - 7:00 pm; Opening: Wednesday, September 21, 6:00 - 9:00 pm
EDUARDO SECCI Milano - Via Zenale
Michael Staniak
From September 23 to November 18, 2022
Harvest of Time - Monika Grzymala
From September 23 to November 18, 2022
Via Zenale 3, Milan, Italy / +39 02 38248728 / milano@eduardosecci.com
Hours: Monday - Friday, 10:00 am - 1:30 pm / 2:30 - 7:00 pm; Opening: Friday, September 23, 11:00 am - 8:00 pm
www.eduardosecci.com / gallery@eduardosecci.com / IG @eduardoseccigallery / FB @eduardoseccicontemporary
www.novo.ooo / hello@novo.ooo / IG @novo_projects / FB @NOVOprojects
Exhibition walkthroughs videos with artists and curators:
www.eduardosecci.com/exhibitions - www.novo.ooo/exhibitions
Press Office: THE KNACK STUDIO / Tamara Lorenzi
tamara@theknackstudio.com / +39 347 0712934
info@theknackstudio.com / www.theknackstudio.com
