Pietro Guida's 90th Birthday Exhibition at Castello di Copertino

Pietro Guida, born in 1921 in Santa Maria Capua Vetere, celebrated his 90th birthday with a solo exhibition titled 'Piazze d’Italia' at the Castello di Copertino, organized by the Direzione Regionale Musei Puglia and the Castello di Copertino. Curated by Mariastella Margozzi and Lorenzo Madaro, the show features approximately fifty recent sculptures that revisit Guida's naturalistic roots from his early days with Gruppo Sud, before his shift to abstract 'Opere costruite' in the 1960s-70s. The works evoke a neoclassical spirit, with poses reminiscent of Marino Marini, Arturo Martini, Mario Sironi, and Carlo Carrà, depicting everyday scenes and emotional states such as lovers on a bench, solitary thought, evening prayer, and nostalgic dance. The exhibition presents a timeless, dreamlike atmosphere, blending classical and realist sculpture traditions with contemporary references, including a modern Orpheus and Eurydice in t-shirts.