I Neri di Burri

With this exhibition the Municipality of Aqui Terme takes again the interesting initiative devoted to the exponents of XXth century's painting by presenting the historical “corpus” of Burri's works with about fifty paintings and one hundred works on paper. The exhibition includes Catrami (Tars) of the end of 40s till the Rossi e Neri (Reds and Blacks) of 80s-90s, passing through the mytical Sacchi (Sacks, that provoqued so much scandal when displayed at the Gallery of Modern Art in Rome) to the Legni (Woods), the Ferri (Irons), the Cretti and the Cellotex.

Burri's “blacks” not only represent an obvious attraction to the public but they permit to find another aspect of suggestion and interest within the painter's production. The suggestion aroused by a colour that becomes a protagonist, a lyrical and constructive element of poetic evolution in the long and revolutionary career of Burri. The “black” colour dialogs with the other unique colours of the artist, the fire red, the milky white, burnt earth and plastic. This colour has been chosen, as an emblem of the artist's universe, in order to distinguish this exhibition from the others organized in this venue; though, in the choice of some titles, Burri had already made an allusion to the polemic relevance of the nocturnal element.