Maurizio Pometti

The “Morlotti Imbersago” Painting Award has been dedicated for 17 editions to young Italian painters under 35 in the figurative field. For the Municipality of Imbersago and for the community that promotes it, it represents a sort of organizational “miracle” each time, both for the results achieved and for the level of the young artists awarded so far. This is demonstrated by their works that are now on display in the Award Gallery at the Town Hall, and by the fact that many of the participants in the various editions, unknown at the time, have since had a brilliant career and become successful artists. The Award is biennial and free to enter: over time, it has been guided over the years by prestigious artists such as Ernesto Treccani and by a Jury that has seen the involvement of critics such as Marina Pizziolo, Domenico Montalto, Giorgio Seveso, Michele Tavola, Simona Bartolena and Chiara Gatti, and is named after the great painter Ennio Morlotti (Lecco, 1910 - Milan, 1992) – who periodically came to live and work in Imbersago – to perpetuate among young people the lesson of lyrical intensity and expressive freedom that was typical of his painting. The most recent edition of the Award, entitled “Paesaggio alternativi”, was dedicated in particular to the theme of the relationship between young painting and the contemporary natural environment. As has already happened on several occasions in the past, this year too the winners and finalists of the latest edition of the Award will be presented in an exhibition hosted at the Permanente in Milan. It should be noted that in addition to the inauguration on January 10 (with the presence, among others, of the President of Permanente, Emanuele Fiano, the Mayor of Imbersago, Fabio Vergani, the curators and the award-winning artists, including Lucia Pescador), a second moment will be held on January 31, during which the young artists will meet Lucia Pescador, an eclectic Milanese artist and winner of the “Morlotti” Award, who has always favored drawing, working on themes related to nature, culture and art.