The exhibition “Nino Longobardi at the Royal Palace of Caserta” will be open to the public from tomorrow, December 16, until March 16, in the Halls of the Picture Gallery on the ground floor of the second courtyard of the Royal Palace.
The exhibition, 30 years after the bequest of Lucio Amelio, completing the reorganization of the permanent collection in the Royal Apartments, begins the process of valorization and study of the prestigious artists present in the collection.
This new research on the collection, which represents an extraordinary testimony of a historical phase of Neapolitan culture, strengthens the bond between the Reggia and Naples and the potential of an institution that develops its cultural mission by operating in a system of national and international relations.
Longobardi's works make us reflect on earthly life by citing death, through an imagery made of skulls, bones and fleshless figures, elements strongly linked to Neapolitan tradition, which do not constitute a simple reference to death, but become a symbol of something immutable and eternal. The exhibition is a selection of more than 30 works chosen by Longobardi, focused on the human figure, between mysticism and matter.
The complexity of Longobardi's work and the mixture of different practices, from drawing to painting to sculpture, finds the right measure in these spaces, putting into perspective the large painting on canvas from 1983, now exhibited in the Royal Apartments. Longobardi had created it to respond to Amelio's call to react with the creative force of art to the destructive power of the 1980 earthquake.
After completing the permanent display of the works of Terrae Motus along the museum route, the Royal Palace of Caserta is inaugurating with this exhibition a phase of in-depth study of the numerous and prestigious artists who contributed to the creation of the collection.
The visit to the exhibition in the Quadreria Rooms is included in the ordinary cost of the ticket/subscription to the Museum.
The exhibition can be visited on all the days the Museum is open from 8.30 to 19.15 with last entry at 18.30
Article published on 15 December 2023 - 17:42
