Alberto Burri

Acquistato dall'attuale proprietario direttamente dall'artista

Fondazione Palazzo Albizzini, Burri, Catalogo Generale, Città di Castello 2015, vol. II, p. 239, n. 1261, illustrato a colori, vol. VI, p. 180, i. 6867, illustrato a colori

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[…] Quando provo a cercare un paragone letterario al lavoro di Burri (e c’è chi invoca Sartre, la vena europea, e vuol respingere l’eventuale vena di ricerca americana da altri citata), senza neppur tentare paralleli di attualità o sociologici, penso a La Ginestra, e penso come da quel monumento di poesia, dedicato alla desolazione della crosta della terra, alla sorte dell’uomo condannato alla infelicità, tuttavia Leopardi riesca a far sortire un grido di solidarietà, un messaggio per la confederazione tra gli uomini perché reagiscano, insieme si aiutino, allevino la sorte che il presente loro propone. L’eguale, penso, risulta dall’opera di Burri: dalla visione della carne piagata, e dalla crosta della terra (certi suoi sacchi – è stato detto somigliano a visioni aeree dall’alto), dalle bruciature, e dalle ferite, dalle materie vili, esce allo stesso modo uno slancio di solidarietà e d’amore […].

Leone Piccioni in Burri e altri amici, 2015

When seeking a literary equivalent to Burri's work (some invoke Sartre, a European vein, and reject the possibility of an American vein, as referenced by others), without even attempting contemporary or sociological parallels, I think of La Ginestra, and how- from that poetic monument- dedicated to the desolation of the Earth's crust, and man's fate- deemed to misery, Leopardi is nevertheless able to raise a cry for solidarity- a message of fraternity among men, that they may react by helping one another, thus lightening the burden of the fate dealt to them by the present. The same, I feel, emerges from Burri's work, from the vision of wounded flesh and the Earth's crust (some of its depressions- it has been said- resemble aerial views from a height), from burns and wounds, and base material there emerges, similarly, a gesture of solidarity and love.