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Magdalo Mussio's 'Senza Margine' Exhibition at Casa Osvaldo Licini

exhibition · 2026-04-26

The Casa Museo e Centro Studi Osvaldo Licini in Monte Vidon Corrado, Marche, hosts 'Senza Margine', a retrospective of Magdalo Mussio (1925-2006). Curated by Daniela Simoni and Stefano Bracalente, the exhibition explores Mussio's graphic work, paintings, notebooks, and canvases, emphasizing his sign-based investigation of human emotion. Mussio, born in Volterra and died in Civitanova Marche, studied scenography at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze, which informed his three-dimensional approach to space. His work, distinct from verbovisual poetry, uses signs—words, numbers—as fragments of a creative process without margins. The title references the 1969 Roman magazine 'Senza Margine', for which Mussio designed graphics. The exhibition highlights his refusal of labels, his wartime experience and participation in the Resistance, and his view of art as a response to life's absurdity.

Key facts

  • Exhibition 'Senza Margine' at Casa Museo e Centro Studi Osvaldo Licini
  • Curated by Daniela Simoni and Stefano Bracalente
  • Magdalo Mussio born in Volterra in 1925, died in Civitanova Marche in 2006
  • Mussio studied scenography at Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze
  • Exhibition includes papers, notebooks, and works on canvas
  • Title references the 1969 Roman magazine 'Senza Margine'
  • Mussio participated in the Italian Resistance during WWII
  • His work focuses on the sign as a probe into human feeling

Entities

Artists

  • Magdalo Mussio

Institutions

  • Casa Museo e Centro Studi Osvaldo Licini
  • Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze

Locations

  • Volterra
  • Civitanova Marche
  • Monte Vidon Corrado
  • Marche
  • Firenze
  • Italia

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