La rivoluzione siamo noi

Between the mid-1960s and 1980s, art in Italy experienced a moment of glory on the international scene. It was animated by emerging artists, mainly divided between Turin, Rome, and Naples, feeds on a vital and dynamic climate, with continuous and fertile exchanges between visual arts, theatre, literature, music, and cinema.

The political and cultural moment determined by 1968 led art to leave galleries and museums to enter into contact with daily life, often with works closely linked to the demands of politics and the profound social changes taking place. Artists such as Michelangelo Pistoletto, Mario Merz, Alighiero Boetti, and Jannis Kounellis experiment with new languages ​​such as performances, installations, and happenings concerning the international scene open to experimentation. Art leaves the frame of the picture to invade the world, enter the streets and squares, garages, and underground car parks, in an incredible intertwining with the daily reality of the time.

Italian gallery owners and critics open their doors to the most extreme international artists, such as Joseph Beuys, Herman Nitsch, or Marina Abramovic. They find in our country opportunities to experiment with visionary and provocative languages ​​with great freedom. In those years, we became protagonists of contemporary international culture, with an extraordinarily lively and radical intensity.