Francesco Clemente. Anima nomade

An internationally renowned painter and sculptor who has been a protagonist since the late 1970s of the Italian Transavanguardia, the art movement theorized by art critic Achille Bonito Oliva, Francesco Clemente has devised an exhibition for Palazzo Esposizioni that he has conceived as one large installation.

The works set up in the rotunda on the main floor and the seven rooms leading out of it allow visitors to explore themes and images capable of shining the spotlight on Clemernte’s art practice. Alongside “Tents” produced in 2013 and brought together again exceptionally for this occasion, the exhibition showcases his “Banners” of 2014, while two large rooms are given over entirely to wall drawings produced by the artist in situ.

Born in Naples, but a nomad at heart, with long stays between Rome, New York and India, the artist has devised an exhibition centered on the idea of the “nomadic soul”, encouraging visitors to immerse themselves in the Oriental tradition that has been one of his primary sources of inspiration from time immemorial. A vast symbolic and metaphorical vocabulary depicts an all-encompassing aesthetic landscape rich in metaphysical, spiritual and mystical echoes, often bound up with an invariably lyrical and emotional take on erotic love, marked by an intense, unique approach to color.