Transavanguardia. (Preview).CASTELLO DI RIVOLI In the early '80s, with a new interest in things non-New York School, the Transavanguardia--critic Achille Bonito bonito: see mackerel. bonito Swift, predaceous schooling fishes (genus Sarda) of the mackerel family (Scombridae). Bonitos, found worldwide, have a striped back and silvery belly and grow to about 30 in. (75 cm) long. Oliva's catchall catch·all n. 1. A receptacle or storage area for odds and ends. 2. Something that encompasses a wide variety of items or situations: word for the return to figurative painting--was a big deal. Francesco Clemente's portable frescoes, Sandro Chia's great Palo restaurant murals, and Enzo Gucchi's weird, elongated e·lon·gate tr. & intr.v. e·lon·gat·ed, e·lon·gat·ing, e·lon·gates To make or grow longer. adj. or elongated 1. Made longer; extended. 2. Having more length than width; slender. anatomical drawings were the ones to beat in the go-get-'em atmosphere of the moment. This show, curated by Ida Gianelli, backed by advisers Pier Giovanni Castagnoli, David Ross, Nicholas Serota, and Rudi H. Fuchs (who heavily promoted the three C's), looks at the period 1979-85 with more historical detachment. Who knows? Nicola de Maria, always more abstract, and Mimmo Paladino, always more folksy folk·sy adj. folk·si·er, folk·si·est Informal 1. Simple and unpretentious in behavior. 2. Characterized by informality and affability: a friendly, folksy town. 3. , may turn out to be the dark-horse winners among the original Transavanguardia crew. Nov. 13-Jan. 26. |
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