“Beyond the avant-garde”—that’s how Transavanguardia, the Italian version of Western neo-expressionism, translates. Enzo Cucchi, a leader of the movement, turns 70 next year. His mysterious dreams of half-remembered myths, often rendered in jewel-like colors, rejected postwar minimalism in favor of figurative, and emotional, art. —J.V.
Enzo Cucchi
Museo Nazionale Delle Arti Del XXI Secolo (MAXXI)
Via Guido Reni, 4A, 00196 Roma RM, Italy
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