Valerio Adami
Pittore D’Idee – Milan
Palazzo Reale presents Pittore d’Idee, Valerio Adami’s solo show curated by Marco Meneguzzo, that celebrates sixty-five years of research. Behind straightforward images is hidden a more complex narrative: the Adami’s artworks are rich in sophisticated visual metaphors, and they include philosophical, literary and mythological concepts, representing the evolution of ideas through the European and Western thought.
From 17 July to 22 September 2024.
From 17th July to 22nd September Palazzo Reale presents an anthology that celebrates sixty-five years of research by Valerio Adami, a well-known european painter – he lived between France and Italy – recognized as a valid interlocutor by all contemporary philosophers.
His paintings, almost always large format, give a great visual impact, therefore the artist has sometimes been defined as “pop”. Behind straightforward images is hidden a more complex narrative: the Adami’s artworks are rich in sophisticated visual metaphors, and they include philosophical, literary and mythological concepts, representing the evolution of ideas through the European and Western thought.
Curated by Marco Meneguzzo
The wailing wall
The artist
Born in 1935 in Bologna, Valerio Adami is a leading figure in the Narrative Figuration movement. His acrylic paintings are characterised by blocks of colour outlined in black evoking the themes of travel, music, literature and theatre. The notion of mystery is expressed in the many literary references that populate the paintings, a notion that always plays a central role in his work, which he defines as a philosophical questioning.
