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and the meetings of the artists who had characterized the atmosphere of the working shop since 1949. Then, with such a mind, under the direction of Matteo Zauli, the artist’s son, MCZ has become in the years the point of reference for the production and spreading of contemporary art, thanks to the Residence of Artist, numerous lectures, events of contemporary music and didactic courses. The Museum houses Carlo Zauli collection displayed along a chronological path from the early 50’s to the 80’s and passes through the garden, the labs in their original state and still working places, the cellars now warehouses, and a room dedicated to the industrial tiles design. Through the curatorial project “ Residence of Artist” and the other collaborations with artists, the Museum is organizing a contemporary section of ceramics that includes works by Ancarani, Arancio, Avveduti, Boisi, Campanini, Caravaggio, Casini, Chung, Commisso, Garutti, Giaretta, Gennari, Marisaldi, Mercier, Mercuri, Monterastelli, Pergola, Samorè, Silver, Trevisani, Valenti, Veronesi, Xhafa, Zuffi. MORE INFO > www.museozauli.it
Bottega Gatti The Ceramics Art workshop was founded in Faenza by Riccardo Gatti, a painter and ceramic sculptor. He trained at the local Arts and Crafts School under the direction of Antonio Berti, and then attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence. During the same period he joined the Baccarini coterie with his peers Rambelli, Drei, Guerrini, Nonni, Melandri etc. He began his career as a ceramicist at the workshop of the Minardi brothers, and continued his work as a ceramic painter at the Farina factory and then at Faventia Ars. In 1928 he opened his own studio, where he met Giuseppe Fabbri, who introduced him to the Futurist Movement. Gatti himself, as attested by a manuscript by Marinetti, was the first to create futurist ceramics, beyond his own pieces, those more famous by Balla, Dal Monte, Benedetta, and Fabbri, with all of whom he collaborated until 1930. At that point, having perfect his own technique for decoration and metallic reflections, Gatti was recognized in numerous exhibitions, which led him to play an important role in the renewal of the modern ceramic style. Production in the workshop continued under Gatti’s guidance until his death in 1972. Leadership of the “Bottega Gatti” was then entrusted to his student and grandson Dante Servadei, who, in order to retrace the old traditions, with his son Davide in the ‘80s esta-