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Transavanguardia - Preview - Francesco Clemente, Sandro Chia, Enzo Gucchi - Brief Article
ArtForum, Sept, 2002 by Brooks Adams
CASTELLO DI RIVOLI
In the early '80s, with a new interest in things non-New York School, the Transavanguardia--critic Achille Bonito Oliva's catchall word for the return to figurative painting--was a big deal. Francesco Clemente's portable frescoes, Sandro Chia's great Palo restaurant murals, and Enzo Gucchi's weird, elongated anatomical drawings were the ones to beat in the go-get-'em atmosphere of the moment. This show, curated by Ida Gianelli, backed by advisers Pier Giovanni Castagnoli, David Ross, Nicholas Serota, and Rudi H. Fuchs (who heavily promoted the three C's), looks at the period 1979-85 with more historical detachment. Who knows? Nicola de Maria, always more abstract, and Mimmo Paladino, always more folksy, may turn out to be the dark-horse winners among the original Transavanguardia crew. Nov. 13-Jan. 26.
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