Italian artist whose extraordinary research deserves a (re)discovery.

For Augusto Betti (1919-2013), art was a philosophical and spiritual journey, which led him to a very profound understanding of the mysteries of life and of the world.

Appreciated by his illustrious contemporaries - including the art critic Giulio Carlo Argan, the great artist Lucio Fontana, the founder of Centro Pio Manzù Gerardo Filiberto Dasi - for reticence, modesty and character, Betti's work remained largely unknown. With "Trasversale • Pulsazione • Ritmo" Paradisoterrestre aims at making his incredible research and production finally recognized as he deserves.

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Paradisoterrestre presents a retrospective exhibition dedicated to Italian artist Augusto Betti (1919-2013). The exhibition at Paradisoterrestre Gallery intends to offer visitors the opportunity to (re)discover this extraordinary figure, whose incredible production between art and design - always accompanied by teaching - remained largely unknown.

On view his first artistic experimentations with works from the "cassette" series (1959-1961), his resin and fiberglass sculptures "Pulsazioni" (1964), "Scatola dei sentimenti" (1964), "Struttura equilibrante" (1964), "Obelisco" (1965), "Ballerina" (1965), "Vibrazioni" (1967), "Orgonoscopio" (1967), "Camera con lenti" (1969); among the exhibited design pieces: presented for the first time Paradisoterrestre re-edition of "Noodle" armchair, "Austere" chair and table (1967), "Foemina" chair (1967), "Prisma" armchair and sofa (1971), "Ciclope" chair" (1972).

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“Trasversale/Transversal” • “Pulsazione/Pulsation” • “Ritmo/Rhythm”

Thanks to Cristiana Betti and Sergio Callegari; architect Silvia Maggi and Bianca Sangiorgi. With the patronage of the Municipality of Faenza.