Villa Alba Blue Planet Museum
For the Blue Planet Museum of Fregene we let in the first instance, are the numbers and the history talk.
1989 is the year of foundation: In That year the sculptor Alba Gonzales and her husband Giuseppe Pietrantonio, a chartered accountant but especially talented tenor, open Their villa on the seafront Ponente Fregene, having partially Transformed Into the Museum of Contemporary Sculpture with works scattered inside the building and the garden. The opening was consecrated by two events, a prize and an exhibition, both of international scope. The timing of These concurrent events, initially annual (from the 1989 edition to XII of 2000), has become biennial in 2002 and 2004 (XIII and XIV edition), was finally Resumed in annual form from 2016. The long interval, determined by painful circumstances, Seemed to have stopped the flow of positive energy emanates That the place,but love for art pushed Alba Gonzales to reopen the museum, in what stimulated not only by His creativity in continuous turmoil but Also by the success of His sculptures in the international arena, through a number of exhibitions in various parts of Europe and in the USA . Therefore in 2016 it reopened the Museum with a retrospective exhibition of Alba (with Silvana Lazzarino text) by adding some of the works created during the closing decade.
The "Blue Planet" award is given to a shortlist of personality (the number has varied over the years from 5 to 15), active in various fields of culture (cinema, theater, art criticism, journalism, poetry, painting, sculpture, dance ... and Also economy and medicine). The exhibition of contemporary sculpture Has Been coordinated, for each of the 15 previous editions, by an art critic together with Alba Gonzales. But it Should be Noted That only in the fifteenth edition of 2016 Alba has set-up its own anthology, driven by the need to "reappear" to the public in Fregene, but Already in this edition has taken the stimulant dialogue with His fellow sculptors.And this attitude, Which emphasizes the generosity and the open nature and arranged to typical Alba comparison, it Should be emphasized positively,
Moreover, the generosity of Alba has led over the years many artists, including international (from Belgium, Romania, Lithuania, Iran, Syria), to make a gift of Their Work for the Museum That, Because of this rich heritage, is now in reference point for contemporary art.
46 are sculptors and painters who donated 5 Their Work, Although unfortunately many as 8 of These works were stolen over time. A few names? Amerigo Tot, Angelo Canevari, Fausto Melotti, Simon Benetton, Tito, Ugo Attardi, Vittorio Da Colbertaldo, Corrado Cagli ...
But let's leave the numbers and history and give room for creativity.
We are Therefore at the XVI edition, in cui Alba Gonzales welcomes a group of friends sculptors, most of them coming from delle Venezie, in a dialogue That is first of all the dialectic of visions, techniques and routes, with the benefit not only mutual Also so THAT but the visitor as well to reflect, and maybe even enjoy, in the face of recent landings of contemporary figurative.
These "friends" have Undoubtedly an element of affinity with the work of Alba Gonzales, they too have embraced the figurative vein, Although of course we talk about a very contemporary figuration, Which takes into account the outcome of abstraction and Therefore not It has never linked either to naturalism or realism in the strict sense. For All These artists the figures is a fair Because it can cause emotions, thanks to the inevitable reflection That OCCURS in the mind of the beholder. Alongside Alba Gonzales are Sergio Capellini, Giorgio Conta, Livio Conta, Sabrina Ferrari, Leonardo Lucchi and David Raddi, essentially two generations.
The emotion Becomes Matter In These fascinating sculptures on display at the Blue Planet, sculptures Which, in turn, give rise to the most diverse reflections in the observer, Also Involved harmony and pleasantness of the beautiful space, with the wind carrying scents of pine and sea.
Source: Alba Gonzales
Official website: Pianeta Azzurro
1989 is the year of foundation: In That year the sculptor Alba Gonzales and her husband Giuseppe Pietrantonio, a chartered accountant but especially talented tenor, open Their villa on the seafront Ponente Fregene, having partially Transformed Into the Museum of Contemporary Sculpture with works scattered inside the building and the garden. The opening was consecrated by two events, a prize and an exhibition, both of international scope. The timing of These concurrent events, initially annual (from the 1989 edition to XII of 2000), has become biennial in 2002 and 2004 (XIII and XIV edition), was finally Resumed in annual form from 2016. The long interval, determined by painful circumstances, Seemed to have stopped the flow of positive energy emanates That the place,but love for art pushed Alba Gonzales to reopen the museum, in what stimulated not only by His creativity in continuous turmoil but Also by the success of His sculptures in the international arena, through a number of exhibitions in various parts of Europe and in the USA . Therefore in 2016 it reopened the Museum with a retrospective exhibition of Alba (with Silvana Lazzarino text) by adding some of the works created during the closing decade.
The "Blue Planet" award is given to a shortlist of personality (the number has varied over the years from 5 to 15), active in various fields of culture (cinema, theater, art criticism, journalism, poetry, painting, sculpture, dance ... and Also economy and medicine). The exhibition of contemporary sculpture Has Been coordinated, for each of the 15 previous editions, by an art critic together with Alba Gonzales. But it Should be Noted That only in the fifteenth edition of 2016 Alba has set-up its own anthology, driven by the need to "reappear" to the public in Fregene, but Already in this edition has taken the stimulant dialogue with His fellow sculptors.And this attitude, Which emphasizes the generosity and the open nature and arranged to typical Alba comparison, it Should be emphasized positively,
Moreover, the generosity of Alba has led over the years many artists, including international (from Belgium, Romania, Lithuania, Iran, Syria), to make a gift of Their Work for the Museum That, Because of this rich heritage, is now in reference point for contemporary art.
46 are sculptors and painters who donated 5 Their Work, Although unfortunately many as 8 of These works were stolen over time. A few names? Amerigo Tot, Angelo Canevari, Fausto Melotti, Simon Benetton, Tito, Ugo Attardi, Vittorio Da Colbertaldo, Corrado Cagli ...
But let's leave the numbers and history and give room for creativity.
We are Therefore at the XVI edition, in cui Alba Gonzales welcomes a group of friends sculptors, most of them coming from delle Venezie, in a dialogue That is first of all the dialectic of visions, techniques and routes, with the benefit not only mutual Also so THAT but the visitor as well to reflect, and maybe even enjoy, in the face of recent landings of contemporary figurative.
These "friends" have Undoubtedly an element of affinity with the work of Alba Gonzales, they too have embraced the figurative vein, Although of course we talk about a very contemporary figuration, Which takes into account the outcome of abstraction and Therefore not It has never linked either to naturalism or realism in the strict sense. For All These artists the figures is a fair Because it can cause emotions, thanks to the inevitable reflection That OCCURS in the mind of the beholder. Alongside Alba Gonzales are Sergio Capellini, Giorgio Conta, Livio Conta, Sabrina Ferrari, Leonardo Lucchi and David Raddi, essentially two generations.
The emotion Becomes Matter In These fascinating sculptures on display at the Blue Planet, sculptures Which, in turn, give rise to the most diverse reflections in the observer, Also Involved harmony and pleasantness of the beautiful space, with the wind carrying scents of pine and sea.
Source: Alba Gonzales
Official website: Pianeta Azzurro
