Bernadette’s diary
recent digital pubblication
on Apple Book
for free reading
under
author: LEE-PISAPIA Kam Fu Bernadette
Visiting Dawn Of A Nation
From Guttoso to Fontana To Schifano
Palazzo Strozzi
Florence
Italy
until 22/07/2018
The short sequence was done without deliberately excluding some of the important pieces
At one point, I was told not to take pictures
But when I made further enquiries, I was told we were allowed to take pictures of the works exhibited
I was physically tired as I was carrying quite a lot of stuff while visiting the show
I did not leave my bags in the lockers
so when the first guard said I should not be taking pictures
to be honest
I did not mind
But my curiosity grew as I saw other visitors taking pictures
and I asked a second time
The guard at the entrance told me a different version:
we are allowed to take pictures of the exhibition
This is an exhibition about Italy through the eyes of the artists from the fifties To the sixties
And the different versions about whether one is allowed to take pictures of the show is also very Italian, from the point of view of a foreigner
yes or no
no or yes
nothing is certain
and one does not quite know who is correct or not with the information given
there is always a leeway
if you live long enough in Italy to understand
my favourite pieces of the show: Burri and Fontana Room
The following quotation of Fontana leaves one truly satisfied even after the NG cut from one of the guards,
’ My cuts are a philosophical expression, faith in the infinite and a statement of spirituality’
Bernadette