Mario Ceroli's 'Ceroli Totale' at Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea in Rome

The Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea (GNAMC) in Rome celebrates Mario Ceroli's seventy-year career with the exhibition 'Ceroli Totale,' featuring around twenty works installed by the artist across ten rooms. Born in 1938 in Castel Frentano, Chieti, Ceroli is a key figure in Italian art, emerging from the Scuola di Piazza del Popolo and associated with Arte Povera. The exhibition includes a monumental 2025 installation of metallic fabrics and tree trunks, 'L'ultima cena' (1965) with twelve apostle silhouettes and an empty space for Christ, 'Sesto senso' (1999) from the Banca Ifis collection, and 'Bandiere di tutto il mondo' (1968) spanning eight meters. Other works include 'Mangiafuoco' (1990), 'Tela di Penelope' and 'Arpa birmana' (1992), 'Cina' (1966), a forest of white flags from 'Progetto per la pace' (1968), 'Primavera' (1968), and 'Battaglia' (1978) paying homage to Pasolini. The exhibition also announces the future opening of the Museo Ceroli at the artist's home in via della Pisana, where he has lived since 1968.