Creature, Creatori San Francesco e l’arte contemporanea

The vision of St Francis becomes a lens for reinterpreting Italian art from the second half of the twentieth century to the present day.

The exhibition goes beyond the iconographic image of St Francis to recount his way of looking at the world and the ethical value of his thinking. His vision, as expressed in the Canticle of the Creatures, serves as a starting point for reinterpreting Italian art from the post-war period to the present day.

In the exhibition, the works in the MAXXI Collection dialogue with those of similar themes and languages. Some works, created specifically for the occasion, interpret the Franciscan gaze by bringing together symbols, figures and nature.

Featuring works by: Stefano Arienti, Jacopo Benassi, Vasco Bendini, Luca Bertolo, Bertozzi & Casoni, Lorenzo Bonechi, Alberto Burri, Paolo Canevari, Chiara Calore, Pier Paolo Calzolari, Chiara Camoni, Marco Cingolani, Antonio Del Donno, Aron Demetz, Fulvio Di Piazza, Bruna Esposito, Mario Giacomelli, Maria Lai, Piero Manzoni, Andrea Mastrovito, Giorgio Morandi, Ennio Morlotti, Alessandro Pessoli, Davide Rivalta, Flavia Rossi, Nicola Samorì, Germano Sartelli, Mario Schifano and Ettore Spalletti.

The exhibition is promoted and produced by the Directorate-General for Contemporary Creativity of the Ministry of Culture and the Fondazione MAXXI National Museum of 21st Century Arts, as part of the celebrations for the eighth centenary of the death of St Francis of Assisi.