Turi Simeti Exhibition at Palazzo Belmonte Riso in Palermo

The Sicilian region finally recognizes Turi Simeti (born 1929), an artist from Alcamo who later adopted Rome and Milan as his homes during his transnational artistic journey from the 1950s onward. Now nearly ninety, Simeti is globally appreciated but has been neglected and little considered for his work in Sicily. An exhibition at the Museo di piazza Bologni (Palazzo Belmonte Riso) honors his worldwide success, particularly his characteristic oval forms that visually alter the linearity of the canvas and represent his artistic hallmark. While not all viewers may recognize the conceptual and artistic revolution that has made him famous since the late 1970s, Simeti's visual reductionism possesses a peculiar and subversive elegance. The attention given by the Region and the Polo Museo Regionale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea to his work is commendable.