The Center for Italian Modern Art (CIMA) will present Bruno Munari: The Child Within.
The show will focus on Munari’s children’s books and will demonstrate how his publications expressed his wide-ranging ideas about the possibilities art offered to communicate visually. These books bring together Bruno Munari’s ideas regarding art, design, and pedagogy in an accessible form. It was Munari’s goal to develop a purely visual language that fostered new modes of communication, often without needing words. Munari’s show at CIMA will also feature artist books from other cultures, including Russian revolutionary children’s books that played a role in Munari’s own formation and approach to the genre. Furthermore, the presentation will include artworks and design objects by Munari that share themes — as well as visual and formal connections — with his children’s books.
Photo Credits:
2 Bruno Munari, Il venditore di animali (Animals for Sale) - Merrill C. Berman Collection
3 Bruno Munari, Le macchine di Munari (Munari’s Machines) - Merrill C. Berman Collection
5 Bruno Munari, Torido Mazzotti, Servizio da antipasto (Antipasto Service), - The Mitchell Wolfson, Jr. Collection
6 Bruno Munari, Fontana a ruota (Wheel Fountain) - Private collection, Courtesy Repetto Gallery