Poland – The International Museum of Ceramics in Faenza for the Italian Design Day 2025
As part of the Italian Design Day 2025 programme, the Italian Cultural Institute in Warsaw presents the exhibition 'Mater ceramica' a living and contemporary material, a selection of twenty works from the collections of the MIC International Museum of Ceramics in Faenza that recount, through recognised authors, the extraordinary formal, technical and poetic adventure of Italian ceramic from the beginning of the 20th century to the present day, providing a historical and contemporary aspect of a language that is as ancient as it is alive.
In a path that illustrates the evolution of Italian artistic ceramic, the exhibition also delves into the new affirmation of ceramic production under the ‘Made in Italy’ label and enables to grasp the popularity ceramics has been experiencing in recent years.
The itinerary starts with the art nouveau era –that in Italy took the name of ‘Liberty’–, with works by Domenico Baccarini and Galileo Chini; this is followed by Gio Ponti's design related to the production of great manufacturers such as Richard-Ginori, the eclectic evolutions of Arturo Martini's and Francesco Nonni’s déco taste, to arrive at the true contemporaneity of language: from the 1950s onwards, with works by Lucio Fontana, Fausto Melotti, Leoncillo, Nanni Valentini, Antonia Campi, Carlo Zauli, Alfonso Leoni, Guerrino Tramonti and Enrico Baj, to the contemporary production, with the hyperrealist works by Bertozzi&Casoni and the material ones by Giacinto Cerrone, Antonio Violetta and Alessandro Roma.
The exhibition opens on February 13 (7 pm) and will remain on display at the Italian Cultural Institute in Warsaw until March 5. Director of the MIC Faenza Mrs Claudia Casali will attend the opening.
On occasion of the finissage of the exhibition on March 5, the Institute will host Ravenna musicians Camilla Lopez (voice) and Matteo Ramon Arevalos (pianist and composer) performing an original musical project titled Mater Ceramica Suoni dal Tempo.
This exhibition was made possible thanks to the collaboration of Emilia-Romagna Region.
At the end of this first stage in Poland, a second will follow at the Museum of Ceramics in Boleslawiec from April 11 to June 15, with the collaboration of the Italian Cultural Institute in Krakow.