Novecento and Beyond

A programme of talks, documentaries and short films exploring the history of Modern Italian Art from the audacity of the avant-gardes to the anxieties of the 21st Century.

This exciting new series consists of 7 sessions that will be presented in English by Dr Roberta Crisci-Richardson, Lecturer in History and Theory of Art and Design, Federation University, Ballarat.

Programme:

- Modernism and Avant-gardes - Thursday, 1st August
Screening with English subtitles:
Umberto Boccioni. L’ansia del nuovo, 2016, 15 min
Depero, Rovereto, New York e Altre Storie, Nello Correale, 2015, 62 min

- Scenographies of Power: Sculpture and Architecture of the Ventennio - Thursday, 22nd August
Screening with English subtitles:
Libera. 1903–2003. Memoria di un Architetto Moderno, Stefano Canzio, 30 min

- Ventennio, part 2: Novecento and Abstractionism - Thursday, 5th September
Screening with English subtitles:
Carol Rama. Di più, ancora di più, Simone Pierini, 2003, 48 min

- The Post-War Years - Thursday 19th September
Screening with English subtitles:
Lucio Fontana. Uomo del Mondo, Marco Poma, 2002, 62 min

- The 1960s: Pop Art and Conceptualism - Thursday, 3rd October
Screening with English subtitles:
Atto Unico di Jannis Kounellis, Ermanno Olmi, 2007, 40 min
Michelangelo Pistoletto at Blenheim Palace, 2017, 4 min
Ettore Spalletti, Pappi Corsicato, 2008, 22min

- Transavanguardia - Thursday, 17th October
Screening with English subtitles:
Cucchi a Passo Uno, Massimo Finotto, 2012, 15 min

- Post-medium - Thursday, 31st October
Screening with English subtitles:
Maurizio Cattelan Be Right Back, Maura Axelrod, 2016, 1h 35 min