Conrad Marca-Relli retrospective in Rome highlights Abstract Expressionist's transatlantic career
A significant retrospective dedicated to Conrad Marca-Relli (1913-2000) has commenced at the Mattia De Luca gallery located in Palazzo Albertoni Spinola, Rome. This event is organized in collaboration with the Marca-Relli archive at Galleria Niccoli in Parma. Showcasing 25 pieces created between 1951 and 1967, the exhibition illustrates Marca-Relli's transition from figurative to abstract art, as well as his innovative collage methods. He was a co-founder of the Eighth Street Club and played a key role in the Ninth Street Show (1951), which was the inaugural public display of Abstract Expressionism. Notable works include the collages Untitled and Untitled (Figure) (1951) and the prominent L-8-56 Death of Jackson Pollock (1956). The exhibition will continue until a date yet to be announced.
Key facts
- Conrad Marca-Relli retrospective at Mattia De Luca gallery, Rome, in Palazzo Albertoni Spinola
- 25 works from 1951 to 1967
- Organized with Marca-Relli archive at Galleria Niccoli, Parma
- Marca-Relli co-founded Eighth Street Club and organized Ninth Street Show (1951)
- Born Corrado Marcarelli in Boston, 1913, to parents from Benevento
- Studied at Cooper Union and worked on Federal Art Project
- Influenced by Giorgio de Chirico, Mario Sironi, and Surrealism
- Met Alberto Burri and Afro in Rome in 1948
- Americanized name to Conrad Marca-Relli in 1949
- Ninth Street Show included critics Harold Rosenberg and Clement Greenberg
- Key works: Untitled and Untitled (Figure) (1951), Cityscape (1952), "Ora" Seated figure (1953), L-8-56 Death of Jackson Pollock (1956)
- Metropolitan Museum acquired The Battle; Guggenheim acquired The Warrior
- Solo show at Galleria La Tartaruga, Rome, 1957
- Later works shift to architectural structures and minimalist aluminum sculptures
Entities
Artists
- Conrad Marca-Relli
- Jackson Pollock
- Franz Kline
- Afro Basaldella
- Alberto Burri
- Giuseppe Capogrossi
- Giorgio de Chirico
- Mario Sironi
- Kurt Schwitters
- Pablo Picasso
- John Farren
- Robert Motherwell
- Donald Judd
- Onorio Ruotolo
- Harold Rosenberg
- Clement Greenberg
Institutions
- Mattia De Luca
- Galleria Niccoli
- Cooper Union
- Federal Art Project
- Eighth Street Club
- Ninth Street Show
- New Gallery
- Galleria Il Cortile
- Galleria La Tartaruga
- Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Guggenheim Museum
Locations
- Rome
- Italy
- New York
- Boston
- United States
- Parma
- Benevento
- Via Margutta
- Greenwich Village
- San Miguel de Allende
- Mexico
- Salsomaggiore
- Palazzo Albertoni Spinola
- Piazza Campitelli
- Via del Babuino