Gaetano Pompa

In collaboration with Gaetano Pompa Archive, and for one day only, a new selection of works – created between the end of the 1960s and the early 1990s – will be unveiled in the incredible garden of the Locanda Sospesa. Anthropomorphic figures and fantastical beings will appear to visitors like absurd epiphanies.

Emblematic figure of the 1960s and 1970s, Gaetano Pompa consistently stood apart from the dominant trends of his generation. Moving from abstract avant-garde to figuration, is probably the artist who most deeply embodied the imagery of the Maremma.

A multifaceted and excessively erudite artist, his fantastic universe conceals a literary and symbolist research that interweaves historical figures, mythological creatures, and rural landscapes, reflecting on the dilemmas and enigmas of our time.

The unbreakable bond between Gaetano Pompa and the Maremma, which he had known since childhood and never abandoned, allowed him to conceive the landscape as an expression of European history and culture, offering a profound insight into the psychological, existential and autobiographical issues of modern humanity.

In collaboration with Archivio Gaetano Pompa

With the support of Johnny & Elizabeth Petrucci, Locanda Sospesa