LandEscape at Studio la Linea Verticale: Colliva, Maestroni, Valerio and Transcendental Painting
From 24 September to 14 November 2026, Studio la Linea Verticale in Bologna will host LandEscape, a collective exhibition featuring the works of Alberto Colliva (1943–2023, Bologna), Filippo Maestroni (Faenza, 1994), and Claudio Valerio (Popoli, Pescara, 1991). This event serves as a precursor to an upcoming exhibition focused on Vienna-based artists associated with the Transcendental Painting Group, established in New Mexico in 1938. LandEscape showcases a blend of the artists' creations, including Maestroni’s ceramic vases and triptychs, Colliva’s circular canvases and smaller landscapes, along with Valerio’s charcoal drawings. The exhibition's title evokes a sense of liberation from the earthly, intertwining themes of escape and landscape.
Fatti principali
- LandEscape runs from 24 September to 14 November 2026 at Studio la Linea Verticale, via dell’Oro 4b, Bologna.
- The exhibition features Alberto Colliva (1943–2023, Bologna), Filippo Maestroni (Faenza, 1994), and Claudio Valerio (Popoli, Pescara, 1991).
- The Transcendental Painting Group was founded in New Mexico in 1938 by Raymond Jonson and Emil Bisttram and dissolved after the U.S. entered World War II.
- A 2018 Hilma af Klint retrospective at the Guggenheim sparked renewed interest in the group, followed by shows on Agnes Pelton and the group.
- Filippo Maestroni’s triptych Melanconico spirituale (2026) incorporates the polyhedron from Dürer’s Melencolia I (1514).
- Alberto Colliva’s Febbraio 1990 is the oldest work in the show; his Senza titolo, Giugno 2002 uses an oval canvas with a rotated rectangle.
- Claudio Valerio produces his own charcoal by burning wood and uses it for its light-absorbing quality.
- Valerio’s L’idiota and L’infame are wood fragments painted with charcoal, oil, and natural resin, where burnt wood returns as pigment.
Entità
Artisti
- Alberto Colliva
- Filippo Maestroni
- Claudio Valerio
- Raymond Jonson
- Emil Bisttram
- Hilma af Klint
- Agnes Pelton
- Wassily Kandinsky
- Albrecht Dürer
- Michelangelo Antonioni
Istituzioni
- Studio la Linea Verticale
- Transcendental Painting Group
- Guggenheim
- Juliet Art Magazine
Luoghi
- Bologna
- Italy
- New Mexico
- United States
- Chariton
- Iowa
- Albuquerque
- Nagylak
- Hungary
- Taos
- Solna
- Danderyd
- Stuttgart
- German Empire
- Cathedral City
- California
- Faenza
- Popoli
- Pescara
- Vienna
- Austria
- Santa Fe