Dario Fo’s work as a visual artist is little known outside Italy, but it was art not theatre that he studied in his youth. His first paintings date from the 1940s, and he has worked in many styles, producing portraits, landscapes, fantasy works, politically committed works for today and others inspired by Italy’s great masters or by mythology. Fo’s visual art shares many of the qualities of his writing – exuberance, radicalism and anger combined with a love of storytelling and a deep awareness of history. This is the first UK exhibition.
Dates and Times:
Italian Cultural Institute:
82, Nicolson Street. EH8 9EW
From Thur 6 October – Fri 28 October:
Monday: 2pm to 5pm
Tuesday – Thursday: 9am to 5pm
Friday: 9am to 12pm
Closed Saturdays & Sundays
Lyceum Theatre:
Grindlay Street, Edinburgh EH3 9AX
Thursday 6 Oct – Saturday 8 Oct: 11am to 7.30pm
Sunday 9 Oct: 11am to 5pm
Tuesday 11 Oct – Saturday 15 Oct: 11am to 7.30pm
Tuesday 18 Oct – Saturday 22 Oct: 11am to 4pm
Tuesday 25 Oct – Saturday 29 Oct: 11am to 4pm
Scottish Storytelling Centre:
43-45 High Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1SR
Thursday 6 Oct – Saturday 29 Oct: 10am to 6pm (Closed Sundays)
Occasionally the Centre’s exhibition space is not accessible to the public because of a private function booking. Please call 01315569579 to check.
For more information, please visit http://www.luminatescotland.org/events/dancing-colours-whipping-words-exhibition-1 or http://www.elevenhq.com/tg_portfolios/dario-fo-artist-activist-inspiration/