Francesco Somaini: Sculptor for the City New York 1967-1976

La Triennale di Milano dedicates a monographic exhibition to the Italian sculptor, investigating on the artist engagement with the city of New York and its architecture.

Giulio Carlo Argan wrote: “Somaini has attentively studied the problem, which involves his own responsibility as an artist; and he has reached the conclusion that the city as an historical and social institution is not dead yet. The city has retained an historical dimension; the artists’ intervention and their efforts in trying to find a solution are not only possible, but are necessary and urgent (…). Somaini’s assumption is methodological and procedural: the artist’s task, today, is not to construct or reconstruct the city, but rather to interpret the city and make it meaningful. “