Marcello carapezza (1925 - 1987): polymath

Abstract

This tribute to Marcello Carapezza, on the centenary of his birth, is conceived as an art exhibition that can be "read."
It should therefore be understood as an exhibition that, through its pages and its suggestions, offers an immersive and engaging experience, stimulating reflection and interpretation in the reader/visitor. A digital artist's book that can be browsed and an art catalog in e-book format capable of exploring the relationship between art, literature, and science.
As an "artist's book," art to be read in digital format uses text and images as an overall work of art and a narrative tool.
This unique exhibition, dedicated to the life and work of Marcello Carapezza, unfolds through his writings and the works of his Sicilian friends, famous artists and intellectuals such as Renato Guttuso, Leonardo Sciascia, and Andrea Camilleri.
A unique opportunity to discover or rediscover priceless masterpieces, such as the splendid paintings of Renato Guttuso, a leading figure of Italian Neorealist painting who expressed himself alongside the artists of the Fronte Nuovo delle Arti (New Arts Front), or some of the writings of Leonardo Sciascia, one of the greatest literary figures of twentieth-century Italy and Europe; and, finally, the memories of Andrea Camilleri, a youthful friend of Marcello Carapezza and a multifaceted artist, best known for his novels about "Il Commissario Montalbano" ("Inspector Montalbano").
With this work, we aim to immerse the reader, combining the visual and textual dimensions, in the world of an extraordinary intelligentsia that distinguished Palermo in the early 1900s, before extending its talent throughout the rest of Italy and even international borders.
In addition to his work as a scientist, Marcello Carapezza dedicated much of his life to writing articles on social sciences, aimed at a broader and more general audience, for the newspapers Il Giornale di Sicilia and L’Ora. Some of these articles were collected in a beautiful publication published by Editor Sellerio, entitled “Many Fires Burn Beneath the Ground, from Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Statues.” This precious little volume served as our starting point for this tribute to one of Italy's most iconic scholars in the field of Earth sciences, but also a great humanist and scientist, capable of approaching any discipline with skill and a keen critical eye. A well-rounded polymath, in whose honor, this work aims to be a more...