Pietro Lista's Retrospective 'In Contro Luce' at Museo Madre, Naples

The Museo Madre in Naples presents a comprehensive retrospective of Pietro Lista (born 1941, Castiglione del Lago), curated by Renata Caragliano and titled 'In contro luce'. The exhibition traces Lista's career from the 1960s onward, featuring works that engage with light, shadow, nets, clouds, and the body. Key early pieces include 'Contenitore di luce' (1968) and the action 'Trasfigurazione' (1968), inspired by a childhood trauma of being lost in a dark forest. The show is organized thematically rather than chronologically, with sections on nets (evoking fishing and labyrinths), clouds (as kites or pinned forms), and later paintings that reference Lucian Freud and Francis Bacon, such as 'La cerimonia degli idoli' (1976). Lista's practice spans Pop Art, Minimalism, and postmodernism, but he maintains a distinct, manual approach. The exhibition also includes public works installed in Fisciano, Mercato San Severino, and Salerno, and a series of self-portraits as 'souvenirs' of a lost world. The show is part of the museum's series on Neapolitan art histories, following retrospectives of Ugo Marano and Tomaso Binga.