Editor Pick
Museo Morandi
- December 18, 2000
- Rated 3 of 5 by
Tavia from New York, New York
This museum has permanent exhibits as well as temporary installations. I was lured in by the exhibit "Linus Ama Bologna," or Linus Loves Bologna [the city, not the lunch meat]. It was a 50 year retrospective of the Charles Schultz' life work and of the Peanuts cartoon stip and animated specials. I truly gained a new appreciation for Schultz and Italy as I moved through this exhibit. Perhaps because I had to take my time to understand the strips in Italian, I found myself thinking deeper about the humor and humanity in Schultz' cartoons. Or perhaps it was that Peanuts was presented through the Italian lens of understanding, which made it new to me. After having gone through this installation, I would recommend to anyone abroad who encounters an exhibit of an artist from their home country to visit the exhibit and really study the way the artist is presented. This may seem contrary to the ambition to immerse oneself in the local culture while you are visitng a foreign country; however I believe considering a nation's interpretation offers valuable insight into the said country.
Philospohical musings aside, the museum itself held other interesting exhibits of Italian artists, many who probably have never had an showing outside of Italy (the contemporary ones). This is another opportunity not to be passed up.
From journal Una gita a Bologna