Serge Brignoni
“Between Imaginary and Real.”
From beginnings to surrealist landing: the Ticino artist’s colorful, dreamlike visions.
The new exhibition from Sept. 2 to Dec. 13, in Melano.
Artrust reopens the doors of its exhibition venue in Melano, Via Pedemonte di Sopra 1, with a new exhibition dedicated to Ticino-born artist Serge Brignoni, “Between Imaginary and Real.”
The exhibition is a journey through the different stages of the career of one of the most distinctive Swiss artists of the 20th century. Through a selection of works ranging from Impressionist beginnings, through Cubist influences, to his landing in Surrealism, this exhibition celebrates Brignoni’s unique vision, characterized by a vivid explosion of color and a profound exploration of the imaginary.
What emerges is the Ticino artist’s ability to fuse the fantastic with the real, creating dreamlike and anthropomorphic compositions that reflect a rich and luminous palette. From his early artistic influences in Switzerland and Europe to his Parisian period marked by his contact with Surrealism, Brignoni was able to transform reality into a continuous exploration of the marvelous and the fantastic.
VISIT THE EXHIBITION
Sept. 2 through Dec. 13
Open Tuesday through Friday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Closed on holidays
At Artrust, Via Pedemonte di Sopra 1, 6818 Melano
FREE AND FREE ADMISSION
“‘Between Imaginary and Real’ is a tribute to Brignoni’s ability to create a visual universe in which dream and reality intertwine in a harmony of extraordinary colors and shapes.”
Patrizia Cattaneo Moresi
Serge Brignoni (1903-2002)
A painter and sculptor from Ticino, Serge Brignoni lived in Bern, Berlin and Paris, coming into contact with exponents of the major artistic avant-gardes of the time. Thanks to his meeting with André Breton and Tristan Tzara, Brignoni abandoned Cubist and Expressionist experimentation and approached Surrealism, sharing its poetics and artistic aims. He became passionate about the figurative languages of simple cultures, integrating wooden sculpture and the use of eclectic materials into his practice until he became a firm believer in primitivist poetics, which he would decline in a personal quest for synthesis between simple volumes and elementary content. Through his artistic research Brignoni developed the themes of metamorphosis, vegetable and animal fragments and experimented with the techniques of lithography, collage, painted bas-relief and iron sculpture. From a young age his works were included in major international surrealist exhibitions. In Switzerland, a major retrospective exhibition in 1997 at the Kunstmuseum in Bern is remembered.