Nancy Genn
Palazzo Collicola hosts a major anthological exhibition of California artist Nancy Genn, displaying in its rooms a selection of works that embrace and trace an artistic itinerary spanning more than half a century.
The exhibition opens with abstract canvases from the 1960s and 1970s, particularly appreciated by the great art critic Michel Tapié – the first to cite the artist as one of the most significant exponents of postwar informal art in the United States (Morphologie Autre, 1960) -, and then moves on to a selection of Handmade Papers, artist’s papers made by hand. This is followed by works from the so-called “Roman period” (1989-2014), evidence of a genuine passion for travel and an irrepressible curiosity. Of a more intimate and meditative character are the paintings on paper and canvas made in the last two decades, between 2000 and 2023, in which the theme of water is constantly present as a source of renewal and purification. The exhibition concludes with three bronze sculpture specimens and some artist’s studies.
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PRESS
A Palazzo Collicola un ponte tra San Francisco e New York. Le mostre di Nancy Genn e Michael Venezia, Valeria De Siero, Segnonline, May 2023
Le calligrafie oceaniche, Mario Finazzi, il manifesto, May 2023
Nancy Genn / Beyond the Grid, Juliet Art Magazine, April 2023
Le altre mostre da vedere in Umbria, Il Giornale dell’arte, March 2023
Beyond the Grid/Oltre la griglia, la prima mostra museale italiana dell’artista californiana Nancy Genn, al Museo di Palazzo Collicola, Vivere Spoleto, March 2023
VIDEO
Nancy Genn e Francesca Valente – Beyond the Grid, Youtube, March 2023
Nancy Genn. Beyond the Grid, Installation view
Nancy Genn. Beyond the Grid, Installation view