The Other Modernism: De Chirico and Savinio.

From: Artforum International | Date: September 1, 2001| Author: Shone, Richard | Copyright information

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Thanks to recent scholarship, Alberto Savinio has done some catching up to older brother Giorgio de Chirico. Now this show pits the two in fraternal contrast. Savinio wins as multitalented Renaissance man--composer, novelist, critic, stage designer, and, from the '20s on, painter of enigmatic and elusive metaphysical works. D...

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