The Civic Museum of Modern and Contemporary of Masnago Castle proposes some events connected with Silvio Monti's exhibition 'Exxistere' from 1 October to 13 November 2022, as the artist's works are fully part of the Italian contemporary art debate.
The exhibition offers a wide overview of his last twenty years of production, unfolded in a chronological-thematic excursus, which recreates the themes dear to him: faces, media, calligraphy, the unconscious and the archetypes.
As it is evident, Monti assigns an active role in the investigation of the ultimate meaning of things to art. Following paths that start with the issue of why the world is as it is, he initiates other questions: who creates reality? How do we contribute to the process of changing it through our decisions? By asking these questions, he reveals himself as a humble translator of the spirit of the age, joining the ranks of contemporary artists who, since the Second World War, ask themselves what art is, without abandoning drawing, painting or sculpture