Poetry in the box

On March 13th at 11.00 am, Museion, Bolzano Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, unveils at Museion Passage and Piccolo Museion – Cubo Garutti, the exhibition: Poetry in the box. A tribute to the history of the Mercato del Sale and Ugo Carrega created in collaboration with Mart, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Trento and Rovereto. The exhibition chronicles the twenty-year connection between Mart and Museion, as co-custodians of the extraordinary Archivio di Nuova Scrittura collection, donated to the two museums by Paolo Della Grazia in 2020 and in which Ugo Carrega plays a key role. In particular, the exhibition revolves around the concept of the box – sometimes a work of art in itself, and sometimes a container for Carrega’s works – and pays tribute to the history of the Mercato del Sale (Salt Market) of which the artist was curator and director. Between 1974 and 1989, countless artists involved in visual poetry - many of whom appear in this exhibition - gravitated around this artist-run space in Milan.