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After 1945: Rebuilding Through Art<\/h3>
\r\nIn 1958, an exhibition at the Galleria Nazionale d\u2019Arte Moderna<\/strong> in Rome \u2014 subsequently presented at the St\u00e4dtische Museum Morsbroich in Leverkusen \u2014 entitled Contemporary German and Italian Painters<\/em> reopened the dialogue between the two countries after the profound wounds of the war, within a broader climate of reconciliation.\u00a0Among the artists represented were Alberto Burri, Piero Dorazio, Antonio Sanfilippo, Giuseppe Santomaso, Tancredi Parmeggiani<\/strong> and Toti Scialoja<\/strong>, alongside German artists including Karl Fred Dahmen, Fritz Winter, Hermann Bachmann, Peter Herkenrath, Bernard Schultze<\/strong> and Ernst W. Nay<\/strong>.\u00a0The post-war period was a crucial moment in redefining cultural relations across Europe. German academies became international meeting places where different generations of artists came together.\u00a0It was within this context that the ZERO<\/strong> group was founded in D\u00fcsseldorf in 1957 by Heinz Mack<\/strong> and Otto Piene<\/strong>, soon joined by G\u00fcnther Uecker<\/strong>. The group maintained a close dialogue with Italy, where artists associated with the magazine Azimuth<\/em> \u2014 including Enrico Castellani, Piero Manzoni, Agostino Bonalumi<\/strong> and Lucio Fontana<\/strong> \u2014 developed research that resonated strongly with the German movement.
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Memory, Identity and the Contemporary<\/h3>
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One of the most emblematic figures to emerge is Joseph Beuys<\/strong>, artist, theorist and teacher, who developed profound ties with Italy throughout his life. He transformed art into an instrument for political and social reflection, while also contributing to early ecological thinking. In this respect, his work found important parallels with Arte Povera<\/strong>, theorised by Germano Celant, and particularly with artists such as Mario Merz, Giuseppe Penone<\/strong> and Gilberto Zorio<\/strong>.\u00a0Emilio Vedova<\/strong>, who also taught in D\u00fcsseldorf for a brief period and was one of Italy\u2019s most powerful interpreters of the relationship between art and civic engagement, acts as a pivotal figure in this convergence of aesthetic visions and social commitment. His work enters into dialogue with German-speaking artists including the Viennese Actionists Arnulf Rainer<\/strong> and G\u00fcnter Brus<\/strong>, as well as the younger Hermann Nitsch<\/strong>.\u00a0From the late 1970s onwards, dialogue between Italy and Germany continued through artists of major international significance. Sigmar Polke, Gerhard Richter, Anselm Kiefer<\/strong> and Georg Baselitz<\/strong> addressed historical memory and Europe\u2019s cultural responsibility in the aftermath of the tragedies of the twentieth century.\u00a0During the 1980s, questions of memory and identity re-emerged forcefully in the work of the German neo-figurative painters known as the Neuen Wilden<\/strong>, including Markus L\u00fcpertz, Helmut Middendorf<\/strong> and Rainer Fetting<\/strong>, and later in the younger generation of the New Leipzig School<\/strong>, represented by Neo Rauch<\/strong>.\u00a0These experiences immediately entered into dialogue with developments in Italy, particularly the Transavanguardia<\/strong>, theorised by Achille Bonito Oliva<\/strong>, and artists such as Sandro Chia, Francesco Clemente, Enzo Cucchi, Mimmo Paladino<\/strong> and Nicola De Maria<\/strong>.\u00a0The exhibition ideally concludes by looking towards the present, through a new generation of Italian and German artists who continue to exchange ideas and collaborate today, keeping the cultural dialogue between Rome and Berlin alive.<\/p>
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The cycle of three major exhibitions is curated by Gabriella Belli and Valerio Terraroli<\/strong>.<\/p>
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Promoted and organised by Comune di Vicenza, Centro Internazionale di Studi di Architettura Andrea Palladio, Fondazione Teatro Comunale Citt\u00e0 di Vicenza<\/strong> and Marsilio Arte<\/strong>.<\/p>
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Main Partner: Intesa Sanpaolo<\/strong><\/p>
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The exhibition Italy Germany<\/em> is organised in collaboration with Mart \u2013 Museo di arte moderna e contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, Museo Gypsotheca Antonio Canova in Possagno<\/strong> and Casa di Goethe in Rome<\/strong>. It is held under the patronage of the German Embassy<\/strong> as part of the celebrations marking the 75th anniversary of the resumption of diplomatic relations between Italy and Germany<\/strong>.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":18100,"template":"single-mostre-ed-eventi-plus.php","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-18869","mostre-ed-eventi","type-mostre-ed-eventi","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nIspirazione Europa \/ Italia Germania - Marsilio Arte<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marsilioarte.it\/en\/events-and-exhibitions\/ispirazione-europa-italia-germania\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ispirazione Europa \/ Italia Germania - Marsilio Arte\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"After 1945: Rebuilding Through Art In 1958, an exhibition at the Galleria Nazionale d\u2019Arte Moderna in Rome \u2014 subsequently presented at the St\u00e4dtische Museum Morsbroich in Leverkusen \u2014 entitled Contemporary German and Italian Painters reopened the dialogue between the two countries after the profound wounds of the war, within a broader climate of reconciliation.\u00a0Among the […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.marsilioarte.it\/en\/events-and-exhibitions\/ispirazione-europa-italia-germania\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Marsilio Arte\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MarsilioArte\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-08-25T13:47:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.marsilioarte.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/06-Ispirazione-Europa-Italia-Germania-Social_01_1080-x-1440-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@MarsilioArte\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marsilioarte.it\\\/en\\\/events-and-exhibitions\\\/ispirazione-europa-italia-germania\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marsilioarte.it\\\/en\\\/events-and-exhibitions\\\/ispirazione-europa-italia-germania\\\/\",\"name\":\"Ispirazione Europa \\\/ Italia Germania - 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