MUSEO ARCHEOLOGICO NAZIONALE
Piazza Museo, 19 Napoli

Running Exhibition from June 6th to October 6th 2004
"ANSEL KIEFER"

Into the global project of "Annali delle Arti" there is also the man-show dedicated to Anselm Kiefer (1945) and curated by Achille Bonito Oliva and Eduardo Cicelyn. The works are five: two big sculptures and three paintings, showed into the suggestive Museum. Here the contemporary and the ancient are very near; in fact, it is not a case the choise of an artist as Kiefer: his works tell about history, a recent history but also a far off history, that thinks to the people of Mesopotamia, to the Jewish traditions, to the adventures of Alessandro il Grande, together to the intellectuals as Paul Celan, Ingeborg Bachmann or to the Rosacroce. "Sefer Hechalot" (2001) is spectacular: a giant tank of concrete with books of lead; "20 Jahre Einsamkeit" (1991-200) is very extraordinary too: they are books with the sperm of Kiefer. In fact, here there are the dear themes to artist: the life, the death, the creation, the history and the cosmos.

Opening hours: Daily from Monday to Friday: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 4 p.m. to 7.30 p.m., Saturday and Sunday only upon appointment. .
Tickets: free.
Phone: ++39.081.454.064

Running Exhibition from May 07th till July 18th 2004
"PINO PASCALI"

At Castel Sant'Elmo opens an exhibition dedicated to Pino Pascali (1935-1968), curated by Angela Tecce, Achille Bonito Oliva and Livia Velani. So, it is possible to see 40 works of this artist, about 1964 and 1968; the 1968, in fact, is the year in which Pascali dead in a road accident. Now, Pino Pascali is an important figure because he tells to us present-day themes as: wars, arms, violence, destructions and his works are make with intelligence and cunning. The secrets of his works are: irony, the skill to speak without rhetoric, the strong sense of politic denunciation, the game and his private world. It is impossible to forget the sea, that is the big theme of his sculptures-installations, that become the memory of his land, and unforgettable are his linguistic games with the title of his works, for example: "Bachi da setola". This exhbition belongs at the "Annali delle Arti" and shows the masterpieces of Pascali as:"Gravida o maternità", "Cannone. Bella ciao", "Il dinosauro riposa", "1 mc di terra e 2 mc di terra", "Vedova blu" and "Ponte".

Opening hours: Daily from 10.00 a.m. to 7.00 p.m. Closed on Monday.
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Phone: Castel Sant'Elmo, via Tito Angelini, 20 Napoli Tel. ++39.081.2294478