Alberto Burri: Form and Matter Gallery
ALBERTO Burri: Form and Matter, at the Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art from January 13 to April 8, 2012, is the first major retrospective exhibition of the artist’s work to be held in the United Kingdom.
It offers a comprehensive overview of Burri’s achievement through some forty powerful works spanning four decades, ranging from rare, early figurative pieces of the late 1940s to the ground-breaking abstract works for which he is best known. Here are some examples of his work…
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Alberto Burri (1915 to 1995). Upper Piazza, 1947. Oil on canvas, 45 x 41 cm. Private collection. © Fondazione Palazzo Albizzini, Collezione Burri, Città di Castello, 2012.
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