Medardo Rosso. Pioneer of modern sculpture
SEP.22.2023 ──────── JAN.07.2024
![Medardo Rosso Conversazione in giardino [Talk in the garden], 1896-1897](/media/arte-cultura/exposiciones/rosso-1194x895-1.jpg)
Medardo Rosso
Conversazione in giardino [Talk in the garden], 1896-1897
Bronze
© Galleria Nazionale d´Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Roma
Exhibition
SEP.22.2023 ── JAN.07.2024
Where
Recoletos Exhibition Hall
Paseo Recoletos 23, 28004 Madrid
Tel: 915 81 61 00 (Attention only during the opening hours of the exhibition hall)
Opening hours:
Mondays (except holidays): 2 pm – 8 pm
Tuesday to Saturday: 11 am – 8 pm
Sunday and holidays: 11 am – 7 pm
*The evacuation of the hall starts 10 minutes before closing time. Last access (7:30 pm or 6:30 pm) only allows a 20 minutes tour to the exhibitions.
Closed:
December 25th, January 1st and 6th
Limited opening hours:
December 24th and 31th, January 5th: 11 am – 3 pm
General Ticket:
5 €
Free Access time:
Mondays, 2 pm to 8 pm (except holidays)
How to arrive
Buses: 5 – 14 – 27 – 37 – 45 – 53 – 150
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Subway: Line 4 (Colón), line 2 (Banco de España) and line 5 (Chueca)
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Trains: C-2, C-7, C-8 and C-10
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Audioguides
Available online in Spanish and English. Accessible via mobile without downloads or installations.
Also available in audio device obtainable in the hall (if available).
Price: €4
Accessibility
Ramp for wheelchair access – The three floors of the hall are accessed by a generously-sized elevator.
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Seen from our present day, the work of Medardo Rosso (Turin, 1858-Milan, 1928), which during his lifetime was scarcely recognised by those who were then at the forefront of the great transformations in contemporary art, is profoundly innovative and a precursor of the paths taken by contemporary sculpture: its themes and, above all, its expressive resources anticipate many of the aesthetic concerns that later marked the work of sculptors such as Brancusi, Alberto Giacometti, Lucio Fontana and the more contemporary Thomas Schütte.
In contrast to classically inspired sculpture, conceived as an expression of the immutable through mass and volume, Rosso dilutes the profiles of his figures in an attempt to capture the expression of emotions, in a creative process that explores time and again the differences (of light, of point of view, of materiality…) of sculpting a given figure.
Settled in Paris from 1889, he kept in close contact with intellectuals and artists (Rodin, Modigliani, Degas…) and came into close contact with photography, to the point of incorporating it as one of his working practices, but his career in the French capital was always overshadowed by the powerful influence of Rodin, to the point that on Rodin’s death Apollinaire wrote: Rosso is now, without a doubt, the greatest living sculptor. The injustice of which this prodigious sculptor has always been a victim is not being redressed.
This exhibition recovers his memory and his contribution through a wide selection of sculptures, drawings and photographs of his most experimental and innovative work.
Curator: Gloria Moure.
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Medardo Rosso. Pioneer of modern sculpture
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PLUS Ticket
- TICKET and AUDIO GUIDE for Medardo Rosso. Pioneer of modern sculpture, Sorolla and summer and Mathieu Pernot. Document/Monument. The audio guide is accessible online, from your Smartphone, without downloads or installations. An audio device can also be requested in the room (if available).
- Prices: PLUS General Admission: €9. PLUS Reduced Admission: €7.
- Does not incluye headphones. You can add them (€1) during the online purchase or at the ticket office. For sustainability reasons we recommend you to bring your own headphones.
Guided Tour (in Spanish): Medardo Rosso
- MEDARDO ROSSO: In a tour lasting approximately one hour, our cultural mediators comment on the main pieces in the exhibition, sharing with the participants the aesthetic and historical keys to deepen and enrich their knowledge of Medardo Rosso’s work and its importance in contemporary sculpture.
- Price: 7€. The ticket also allows to visit Mathieu Pernot. Document/Monument.
- Hours: Tuestady: 12:30 pm y 5:30 pm. Each group will be made up of a maximum of 14 visitors.
- The visit is carried out in spanish with an audio-guided system. No translation into english is offered. Disposable headphones are provided, but for sustainability reasons we recommend you to bring your own headphones.
Guided Tour (in Spanish): Rosso and Sorolla
- ROSSO and SOROLLA: Combined visit to Medardo Rosso. Pioneer of modern sculpture and Sorolla and summer. The explanation presents the key interpretations of both artists in the light of the pieces on display, but also proposes an interesting approach to the way in which their works express some of the main aspects that characterise the artistic transition from the 19th to the 20th century: attention to atmospheric effects, a new consideration of childhood, the importance of Paris in their careers and, among other things, their interest in photography.
- Price: 7€. The ticket also allows to visit Mathieu Pernot. Document/Monument.
- Hours: Wednesday and Thursday: 12:30 pm and 5.30 pm; Friday: 12:30 pm; Sunday: 5.30 pm. Each group will be made up of a maximum of 14 visitors.
- The visit is carried out in spanish with an audio-guided system. No translation into english is offered. Disposable headphones are provided, but for sustainability reasons we recommend you to bring your own headphones.
Individual Ticket
- Allows to visit Medardo Rosso. Pioneer of modern sculpture, Sorolla and summer and Mathieu Pernot. Document/Monument.
- General admission: €5.
- Reduced admission: €3 (Beneficiaries of reduced admission).
- Free Access (0€): Mondays (except holidays) from 2 pm to 8 pm.
The beneficiaries of free admission must obtain their ticket at the ticket office in the room.
(In the case of free access due to disability / reduced mobility, you can request a ticket reservation in advance by e-mail: cultura@fundacionmapfre.org).
MAPFRE Clients
- MAPFRE offers to its policyholders 2 free tickets (4 if Platinum Client) to visit Medardo Rosso. Pioneer of modern sculpture, Sorolla and summer and Mathieu Pernot. Document/Monument on the date they choose.
- To obtain courtesy tickets of MAPFRE, access the online ticket office and follow the purchase process. Before payment, the program will request your ID and will automatically activate the free tickets that correspond to you.
- You can also get them at the ticket office in the room, presenting your ID.
- Invitations must be used in a single visit.
- Any question you have, please check these simple instructions.
Collaborating Entities
- If you belong to any of the entities that collaborate with Fundación MAPFRE, you must obtain your reduced ticket (€ 1) at the ticket office in the room.
Audioguides
- If you have already purchased a individual ticket and want to add the audio guide, you can purchase it here. Price: 4 €
- The audio guide is accessible online, from your Smartphone, without downloads or installations. An audio device can also be requested in the room (if available).
- Does not incluye headphones. You can add them (€1) during the online purchase or at the ticket office. For sustainability reasons we recommend you to bring your own headphones.
Group Visit (Medardo Rosso)
- It’s mandatory for the Group Visit to have a guide or person in charge. To request a guide from the Foundation, ask please for information and rates to: cultura@fundacionmafpre.org
- The group must be made up of a minimum of 6 pax. a maximum of 15 pax (guide included).
- The use of an audio-guiding system is mandatory for the visit. If the group does not have its own, you must add it (€1/pax) during the online purchase process.
- Schedule: Tuesday to Friday: 1 pm, 5 pm and 6 pm.
- Maximum duration of the visit: 60 min.
- The formalization of the booking implies the acceptance of the Rules for the visit, especially those indicated for “Group Tour”.
€3/pax.
Group Visit (Rosso – Sorolla)
- It is possible to make a combined group visit to Medardo Rosso. Pioneer of modern sculpture and Sorolla and summer. Due to the limited capacity and circulation of the rooms, the visit should begin with Sorolla and Summer, where the explanation should not take more than 15 minutes.
- It’s mandatory for the Group Visit to have a guide or person in charge. To request a guide from the Foundation, ask please for information and rates to: cultura@fundacionmafpre.org
- The group must be made up of a minimum of 6 pax. a maximum of 15 pax (guide included).
- The use of an audio-guiding system is mandatory for the visit. If the group does not have its own, you must add it (€1/pax) during the online purchase process.
- Schedule: Monday: 3 pm and 4 pm; from Tuesday to Friday: 11 am, 2 pm, 3 pm y 4 pm.
- Maximum duration of the visit: 60 min.
- The formalization of the booking implies the acceptance of the Rules for the visit, especially those indicated for “Group Tour”.
€3/pax.
Schools
Educational activities for schools are developed entirely in Spanish. If you are interested please consult section Colegios y Familias.
Families
Educational activities for families are developed entirely in Spanish. If you are interested please consult section Colegios y Familias.
Important:
- Tickets changes or returns are not allowed except for justified force majeure.
- The purchase of tickets presupposes the acceptance of the Rules for the visit. We recommend reading it before entering the room.
- Fundación MAPFRE is not responsible for the rates, schedules and other information applied on the websites of other entities where tickets for their exhibitions can be purchased.
- If the online ticket purchasing process is cancelled, suspended or cut off, please contact our support telephone numbers: +34 915 816 100 (attention exclusively during the opening hours of the exhibition hall).
- Other rates for groups (44 KB)
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