"We are ourselves, as spirit, the only subjects of our paintings" 

Julius Evola

The Mart is dedicating a major exhibition to artist and philosopher Julius Evola (1898 - 1974), an active member of the Italian Avant-Garde. He had a brief career as a painter between 1915 and 1921, which he abandoned to devote himself to the study of philosophy, esotericism, and Eastern hermetism and alchemy teachings. After an initial Futurist period, the artist distanced himself from the movement, and turned to Tristan Tzara and the poetics of Dadaism. The artist sought an inner dimension in line with European abstract trends and the views expressed by Vasily Kandinsky in his famous essay The Spiritual in Art (1912).

The Mart's exhibition itinerary, with strong and vivid colour contrasts, is the largest ever organised. More than 50 paintings are on show: in the first section are the paintings belonging to the Futurist period, characterised by abstract elements charged with energy, and unexpectedly "psychedelic"; this is followed by the "interior landscapes", a pure expression of the spirit, with hermetic and esoteric references; finally, the 1960s with replicas of his historical works and some figurative paintings that deviate from his early production. Although he only painted for a very short period of time, Evola lived through the Avant-garde era, interpreting its themes and instances with originality. The common denominator of his work was the spiritual quest.

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