A comprehensive exhibition in honor of Pino Pascali will be held at the Fondazione Prada in Milan from 28 March to 23 September 2024. The project, curated by Mark Godfrey, will feature more than 50 works by artist from prestigious museums and private collections around the world.
Divided into four sections, the exhibition explores Pascali’s unique approach to exhibitions, his contributions to group shows, his interaction with sculptures captured in photographs, and his innovative use of materials. The exhibition unfolds in three buildings of the Milan venue: the Podium, the Nord, and the Sud galleries. The set design, conceived by 2×4, includes forty-nine works by Pino Pascali from Italian and international museums and distinguished private collections; nine artworks by prominent post-war artists; selected photographs and a video portraying Pascali with his works.
Born in Bari, Italy, in 1935, Pino Pascali moved to Rome in 1955 to study scenography and set design at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma. He went on to work as an assistant set designer for Rai, the Italian television network and collaborated with various film and advertising companies as a set and graphic designer. Pascali held his first solo exhibition at the Galleria La Tartaruga in Rome in 1965. Tragically, he died in a motorcycle accident at the age of thirty-two in 1968, the same year he presented his solo works at the Venice Biennale.
