Critics tend to consider as “contemporary” whatever produced from the Second World War period onwards, up until our days. But sculpture, painting, and architecture have been evolving a lot both in Italy and elsewhere, so it is quite and increasingly difficult to spot a common trend without appearing confusing.
Anyway, the most important artists in Italy are certainly, among sculptors, Marino Marini, Emilio Greco, Giovanni (Giò) and Arnaldo Pomodoro, and Pietro Cascella, who was specialized in monumental sculptures and when he died, in 2008, was one of the most famous stone artists in the world.
As for painting, notable are the names of Giorgio De Chirico and Giorgio Morandi, who starting out as Metaphysical travelled across many movements, Felice Casorati, Pietro Annigoni, Renato Guttuso, Lucio Fontana (the one of the “cuts”), Afro Basaldella, Alberto Burri (the one of the “burnings”), Piero Manzoni, along with the representatives of Arte Povera movement.
The more we approach our times, the more labelling becomes difficult and characterized only by a time span instead of a school of art. Post-modern theories are still controversial about what actually post-modern is, but there is accord about the features of irony and entangling concepts, that create works of art of any kind (in literature as in architecture, for example) expressly denying any firm conclusion, rather aiming at confusing spectators, listeners, and readers. Italian artists who can be fine representatives of these trends can include Mario Schifano, Sandro Chia, Francesco Clemente, Enzo Cucchi and Giulio Paolini.
The best specimens of Contemporary art in Italy and abroad, can be surely observed at the Venice Biennale, taking place every two years in Venice, and alternating art and architecture, while the famous Venice Film Festival, also organized by the Biennale foundation, takes place every year at Venice Lido.
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