Italo Mus

The Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art of the Aosta Valley is hosting the ninth edition of the exhibition Détails, edited by the scholar Sandra Barberi. The exhibition itinerary stems from a significant acquisition intended to enrich the collections of the Gamba Castle, presenting to the public twenty-three previously unseen paintings made by Italo Mus during the the 1940s, which have so far been kept in a private collection Varicchio, Domodossola.

The exhibition offers a fundamental insight into the work of the artist, who was born in Châtillon, chronicling a pivotal decade marked by a flurry of exhibitions and the artist’s emergence on the scene national. The paintings of Italo Mus It takes the form of a compelling narrative dedicated to the the lives of the humble, to the working-class world and to the deep connection with the local area of the Aosta Valley. In his canvases, customs, traditions, hard work and atmospheres are interwoven with the ongoing investigation into the landscape: mountains, valleys, villages and workplaces become visual testimonies of an authentic collective identity.

Organised as part of the activities of the Department of Historical and Artistic Heritage and Management of Cultural Sites under the direction of Viviana Maria Vallet, the exhibition reaffirms the museum’s mission to research, preserve and promote the’modern and contemporary art, thereby restoring to the community an artistic heritage of extraordinary poetic vitality and of great value documentary.