Gastone Novelli. Saturnia, le origini, la magia del segno

In the early 1960s—by which time his dedication to seeking a primordial language rooted in mythology and the unconscious was clearly established—Gastone Novelli built a home in Saturnia, making this town of Etruscan origin a meeting place for fellow artists and intellectuals.

This book, edited by Anna Cristina Caputi and Guglielmo Buda, focuses on Novelli’s relationship with this area and is published to coincide with the exhibition of the same name. Drawings from the *Saturnia* series and other works—including the *Montagne* (Mountains) sculptures—are juxtaposed with archaeological artifacts from the historic Ciacci Collection. This arrangement highlights the artist’s subjective approach to drawing upon reality and underscores his connection to the Etruscan heritage—a theme also explored in an essay by Maria Vittoria Marini Clarelli.

While retaining the evocative, dreamlike quality of the Maremma landscape, Novelli’s works nonetheless render a mental and inner space that seems to conjure up that "other" reality.

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