Alberto Burri's Largest and Smallest Works Shown in Chiusi della Verna

The exhibition 'Alberto Burri. Le dimensioni della materia' at the Podesteria di Michelangelo in Chiusi della Verna, curated by Laura Caruso and Saverio Verini, presents the artist's largest work, initiated in 1985 and completed posthumously in 2015, alongside 'the smallest Burri in the world.' The show explores the dialectic between the infinite and the infinitesimal, concepts central to Burri's practice. Christian Caliandro's catalogue essay describes the small 'Muffa' as a 'humble and elegant' concretion, while the 'Grande Cretto Gibellina' elaborates on the theme of rubble and memory on a larger scale. Burri (Città di Castello, 1915 – Nice, 1995) consistently inscribed each gesture and artistic act within the pictorial space. His use of contingent and dissonant materials, termed a 'linguistic heresy' by Zevi, reaffirms the present and imminent character of reality, making the painting a 'living flesh' as per Sweeney. The artist often said, 'What can be done small can be done large, and vice versa.' The exhibition runs until September 11, 2016.