The Ca’ Pesaro Galleria Internazionale d’Arte Moderna is currently showcasing an exciting exhibition entitled “La Donazione Sironi Strausswald” until September 17, 2023. The exhibition breathes new life into the permanent collection with the Sironi-Strausswald Donation, a collection of drawings related to the mural work created by Mario Sironi in 1936-37 in the Aula Magna of the University of Venice at Ca’ Foscari. The exhibition features the sketches, drafts, compositions, and individual figures that constitute a corpus of fundamental quality and importance for appreciating the artist’s creative process and his ability as a skilled draughtsman.
Mario Sironi, a favorite author of art critic Margherita Sarfatti, identified mural art as a new challenge for the creativity and prestige of Italian production around the 1930s. Muralism was Sironi’s renewed way of recalling the soul and sense of antiquity and making art a public thing, marked by collective enjoyment, monumental elements, and “eternal” themes. The sketches, drafts, compositions, and individual figures in the exhibition offer a unique opportunity for reflection, not only because of the dialogue they open with Sironi’s other works preserved in the Museum but also because of their intimate connection with Venetian visual history.
Overall, the “Sironi Strausswald Donation” exhibition at the Ca’ Pesaro Galleria Internazionale d’Arte Moderna is a must-see for art lovers and historians interested in exploring the creative process of one of the most important Italian artists of the 20th century.
Website: www.visitmuve.it
Location: Ca’ Pesaro Museum, Venice
Schedule: until September 17, 2023
