25 August, 2015 – The exhibition “Masters of Italian graphics. Matrices from the sixteenth to the twentieth century” was inaugurated today in Buenos Aires. The exhibition dedicated to engraved plates from the great masters of Italian graphic from the Renaissance to the twentieth century was created with the contribution of the National Institute for Graphics based in Rome. The Institute holds the largest public collection in the world and it will put it on display in the picturesque setting of the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes (Av. Del Libertador 1473). The exhibition – as stated on the website of the Italian Cultural Institute – is a testament to the art of Italian graphics, through the work of artists like Marcantonio Raimondi, Federico Barocci, Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, Salvator Rosa, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Carlo Carrà, Giorgio Morandi, Capogrossi and many contemporary others. The exhibition – which will remain open until October 25 – has been realized in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute, the Embassy of Italy, the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, the Ministerio de Cultura, and the Presidencia de la Nacion. The exhibition aims to present the Italian graphic production through the reading of the “sign” engraved on the matrix, retracing the history of intaglio: from the sudden trait made with burin to etching, drypoint and aquatint.
