On Saturday, October 10 at 6 pm, on the occasion of the 22nd edition of Giornata del Contemporaneo, promoted by AMACI – Association of Italian Contemporary Art Museums, Casa Masaccio | centro per l’arte contemporanea presents ABITARE IL CONTEMPORANEO, a selection of works from the Municipal Collection of Contemporary Art.
The exhibition stems from the desire to bring the city’s artistic heritage back into focus, making it accessible once again and activating it through a new perspective of research and curatorial practice. The Municipal Collection of Modern and Contemporary Art is the result of more than forty years of exhibitions, relationships with artists and curators, acquisitions, donations, collaborations, and site-specific productions, as well as the legacy of the various editions of the Premio Masaccio (1958–1968). In particular, the final edition in 1968 established a distinctive relationship between contemporary artistic research and the city where the great Renaissance painter was born.
ABITARE IL CONTEMPORANEO does not offer a simple survey of the collection, but approaches it as a living body of work, to be questioned and reinterpreted through the lens of the present. The selection of works thus becomes part of the museum’s ongoing research and experimentation: an opportunity to create new connections, bring correspondences and discontinuities to light, and convey the complexity of a heritage built over time. The collection encompasses different artistic languages, generations, and geographies, while maintaining a constant tension between memory and the present.
