Talk | Conversation with Marco Meneguzzo
On the occasion of the Richard Paul Lohse exhibition
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In Switzerland, Concrete Art stands as one of the most significant artistic movements of the second half of the twentieth century, with Richard Paul Lohse among its most influential figures. Although his work was deeply rooted in the Zurich art scene, it entered into dialogue with artists, including artists in Italy, who shared the utopian vision of a rational, rigorous, and systematic art.
Art critic and curator Marco Meneguzzo takes us on a journey through the world of Italian Concrete Art exploring its connections — both in harmony and in contrast — with the Swiss context.
Marco Meneguzzo, art historian and critic of contemporary art, former professor at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts in Milan, specializes in post-war Italian art, with particular attention to Concretism and Programmed Art, as well as issues related to globalization and the changing dynamics of taste in the third millennium. As an independent curator, he has organized more than three hundred exhibitions and is actively involved in several artists’ archives – including those of Mario Schifano, Vincenzo Agnetti, Gio’ Pomodoro, Letizia Battaglia and others – as well as in various art magazines, among them Artforum.