Kunstmuseum Basel


Kunstmuseum Basel, Medardo Rosso, "
L’invention de la sculpture moderne", through 10/8/2025


Medardo Rosso Ecce Puer After 1920 (cast), 1906 (original) Wax over plaster, 47 x 34 x 29 cm Creditline: Fabbri Federico Photo Credit: courtesy Galleria Russo, Rome


Cette rétrospective présente la production de Medardo Rosso (Turin, 1858 – Milan, 1928) à travers quelque 50 sculptures en bronze, plâtre et cire de l’artiste, ainsi que près de 250 photographies et dessins mettant en évidence l’approche expérimentale et transmédiale de l’artiste.

Featuring around fifty of his sculptures and two hundred and fifty photographs and drawings, the exhibition at the Kunstmuseum Basel offers a rare opportunity to discover Medardo Rosso’s (Torino, 1858 – Milano, 1928) oeuvre in a comprehensive retrospective.

Attraverso circa cinquanta sculture e duecentocinquanta fotografie e disegni, la mostra al Kunstmuseum di Basilea offre una rara opportunità di scoprire l'opera di Medardo Rosso (Torino, 1858 - Milano, 1928) in un’ampia retrospettiva.


Medardo Rosso in his studio on Boulevard des Batignolles, 1890 Print from original glass negative, 13 × 17.7 cm, © Archivio Medardo Rosso


Elle propose d’en apprendre davantage sur son œuvre pionnière qu’il réalisa à Milan et à Paris au tournant du siècle, mais aussi sur la portée contemporaine de son art, et offre en même temps la base pour redécouvrir l'histoire de la sculpture moderne.

The exhibition invites the audience to learn more about his pioneering activities in turn-of-the-century Milan and Paris as well as the significance of his art in a contemporary perspective, while at the same time providing the basis for a new investigation of the history of modern sculpture.

La mostra invita il pubblico ad approfondire gli aspetti pionieristici dell’artista nella Milano e nella Parigi di fine secolo e il significato della sua arte in una prospettiva contemporanea, fornendo al contempo le basi per una nuova indagine sulla storia della scultura moderna.


Constantin Brancusi Muse endormie II, c. 1925 Polished bronze, 17 x 27 x 17 cm Copyright: © Succession Brancusi - All rights reserved / 2025, ProLitteris, Zurich Creditline: Kunsthaus Zürich, Legat Heinz Keller, 1984


L’influence considérable de sa production artistique est soulignée par la mise en dialogue avec des œuvres d’art de plus de 60 artistes des cent dernières années, parmi lesquelles Francis Bacon,  Louise Bourgeois, , Alberto Giacometti, Robert Gober, David Hammons, Hans Josephsohn, Yayoi Kusama, Bruce Nauman, Richard Serra, Georges Seurat, Rosemarie Trockel, Andy Warhol, Umberto Boccioni, Marcel Duchamp ou Peter Fischli / David Weiss, et Giuseppe Penone.

The exhibition highlights Medardo Rosso's considerable influence on modern and contemporary art through the dialogue with the works by over sixty artists from the past one hundred years including Francis Bacon,  Louise Bourgeois, Alberto Giacometti, Robert Gober, David Hammons, Hans Josephsohn, Yayoi Kusama, Bruce Nauman, Richard Serra, Georges Seurat, Rosemarie Trockel, Andy Warhol, Umberto Boccioni, Marcel Duchamp or Peter Fischli / David Weiss, and Giuseppe Penone.

La mostra mette in evidenza la considerevole influenza sull’arte di moderna e contemporanea di Medardo Rosso attraverso il dialogo con le opere di oltre sessanta artisti degli ultimi cento anni, tra cui Francis Bacon, Louise Bourgeois, Alberto Giacometti, Robert Gober, David Hammons, Hans Josephsohn, Yayoi Kusama, Bruce Nauman, Richard Serra, Georges Seurat, Rosemarie Trockel, Andy Warhol, Umberto Boccioni, Marcel Duchamp o Peter Fischli/David Weiss e Giuseppe Penone.



Medardo Rosso Malato all' ospedale, 1889 Plaster, 23.5 x 30.5 x 28 cm Creditline: Museo Medardo Rosso, Barzio Photo Credit: mumok / Markus Wörgötter