UOMINI. Luciano Minguzzi in Valle d’Aosta
A project of Casa Testori curated by Davide Dall’Ombra
Finissage Saturday, September 21 at 6:00 PM
On September 21 at 6:00 PM, a speech was given at the “Municipio di Saint-Vincent” for the finissage of the exhibition “Uomini. Luciano Minguzzi in Valle d’Aosta“. The restoration of Luciano Minguzzi’s work Uomini, currently displayed at the town hall’s entrance in Saint-Vincent, will soon find its permanent placement at the Gamba Castle in Châtillon.
With: Luca Avataneo and Marco Demmelbauer from the “Centro Conservazione Restauro La Venaria Reale”.
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From July 13 to September 22, 2024, the Gamba Castle, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art of the Aosta Valley, dedicated its summer exhibition to Luciano Minguzzi (1911–2004), one of the leading figures of 20th-century Italian sculpture. Marking 20 years since his passing, the exhibition has also celebrated the upcoming installation of one of his major works linked to the Aosta Valley in the castle’s garden.
This exhibition was organized by the Autonomous Region of Aosta Valley, Department of Cultural Heritage and Activities, Educational System, and Policies for Intergenerational Relations, in collaboration with the Structure for Historical-Artistic Heritage and Management of Cultural Sites, and Casa Testori, a cultural hub near Milan that has worked jointly with the museum since 2018. Moreover, it’s precisely with this exhibition that a new three-year period of shared programming begins.
In collaboration with the Luciano Minguzzi’s Archive in Venice and in close dialogue with his son Luca and the family that preserves and promotes his work, the exhibition leads the public to focus its attention on one of the most historically significant artists in the museum’s collection. In order to anticipate the arrival of large-scale sculpture, two important works from the early 1970s welcome the visitors at the entrance: Due figure sedute and Due donne (Le amanti).
An exhibition that was also the seventh “installment” in the successful “Détails” series that was originally created to enhance Gamba’s collection by leading the public’s gaze on one of the artists featured in it. After Federico Ashton, Federico Pastoris, Leonardo Roda, Francesco Tabusso, Emilio Isgrò, and Massimo Uberti, the discovery continues with Luciano Minguzzi, of whom the museum already owns two works. The monumental sculpture that gives the title to the exhibition curated by Davide Dall’Ombra has been recently restored at the Conservation and Restoration Centre “La Venaria Reale” in Turin, thanks to the “Luoghi della cultura 2019” grant from the Compagnia di San Paolo. Uomini, on display at the Municipality of Saint-Vincent’s entrance, will soon be placed in the Gamba Castle park as part of a project by Carla Falzoni, until then it can be seen on a Memory Trail linking the municipalities of Saint-Vincent and Châtillon called “Via degli Uomini” and curated by the artist Marco Jaccond. The work will then greet the visitors at the new entrance to the park, located at the end of the pedestrian and cycling path created by the Municipality of Châtillon to establish a sustainable connection between the town center and the Gamba Castle.
