Retrospective of Remo Bianco at Museo del Novecento in Milan

The Museo del Novecento in Milan is hosting a retrospective of Remo Bianco (1922–1988), an Italian artist long overlooked in post-war art history. Bianco's early work from the 1940s explored a unique spatialism through 3D paintings on layered glass, plastic, or plexiglas, creating complex, iridescent organisms. He later produced perforated painting-sculptures where voids overlap. His series 'Testimonianze' encases everyday fragments like dolls and toys in transparent bags, freezing memory. The 'Impronte' cycle features rubber or cardboard casts of bodies and objects, with occasional color, evoking a post-apocalyptic atmosphere. Other works include objects submerged in artificial snow. Collages from his US stay mix painterly elements with fragmented mass-media information. 'Pagode' simulate exotic Oriental architecture, while 'Tableaux dorés' represent formalist phases. Most striking are 'Quadri parlanti' (talking paintings): photographic prints on canvas that, when viewers pass by, trigger recordings of Bianco's voice questioning the artist's societal role and engaging in philosophical dialogues, blending irony and disorientation.