Giovanni Guerrini
and E42
(Giovanni Guerrini e l'E42)
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edited by: Carlo Fabrizio Carli, Lela Djokic and Daina Maja Titonel
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February 4th - April 3rd, 2010
catalogue edited by Carlo Fabrizio Carli and Daina Maja Titonel
 press release
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On Thursday, February 4, 2010 at 6 pm the Nuova Galleria Campo dei Fiori will inaugurate the second part
of its exhibit dedicated to Giovanni Guerrini (Imola 1887 - Rome 1972). This exhibit focuses on Guerrini
the architect and his work of masterful decorations for the Esposizione Universale (E42), meant to be held
in Rome in 1942 to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the March on Rome (1922). The event was cancelled, however,
because of WWII.
Giovanni Guerrini - one of the greatest Italian figures of applied arts between the two world wars - was born in
Imola on May 29, 1887. He attended the Tommaso Minardi Design School of Faenza and later the Art Institute of
Florence. In 1913, in Rome, Guerrini took part in the Prima Secessione exhibit. Subsequently, his work was shown
at top exhibitions such as 11 Venice Biennales, the Rome Biennale (1921, 1923, 1925), the Rome Quadriennale and
the first Mostra del Novecento Italiano in Milan (1926).
In 1927, Guerrini moved to Rome and that same year was chosen to be artistic director of ENAPI, the national
association of artisans and small industries. In 1938, he and fellow architects Bruno La Padula and Mario Romano
designed the Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana in EUR (Rome), which to this day remains Guerrini's most
celebrated architectural work.
In 1941, along with Achille Capizzano, Franco Gentilini and Giorgio Quaroni, Guerrini was selected to design
the mosaics (circa 3,000 square metres) for the main hall of the Palazzo dei Congressi in EUR. In 1939 he created
six large, black, monochrome mosaics for the Palazzo degli Uffici Fountain. The other 12 were conceived by
Gino Severini and Giulio Rosso.
Giovanni Guerrini died in Rome on March 20, 1972.
Approximately 40 works will be shown in this second exhibit, including about 15 original drafts for the Palazzo
della Civiltà Italiana, dated circa 1937; six sketches for the mosaics of the Palazzo degli Uffici Fountain
(c. 1939); and another 15 preparatory drawings for the mosaics, which were never realised, for the main hall
of the Palazzo dei Congressi in EUR (c. 1941).
The show furthermore includes a plaster model of
the Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana (c. 1938).
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