We are in
1960 and
Dozza
it was still a country nearly forgotten, disowned, far away
from the great ways of communication and therefore from the
great currents of traffic, lacking completely in tourism.
In that year the Rocca Sforzesca, until then private residence
of Marquises Malvezzi-Campeggi, passed in property of the
Common one of
Dozza and
after an adapted restoration it came opened the public.
The problem was at the same time placed to introduce ""
Dozza to outside of the
local borders, "to carry" and convogliare towards
this laughing country the regional and national tourism: the
callback reasons were more than valid, the imposing and majestic
Rocca Sforzesca with its rich furnishing and its picture
gallery,
but also the particular structure urban planning of its historical
center, its agricultural products with particular reference
to its prelibati and fragranti wines like Trebbiano, the Sangiovese
and the famous Albana (an ancient one sonetto of an anonymous
poet define "
Dozza
fecund mother of maschie and albane fragranti ".)
In those years the Prizes imperversano in our region and the
extemporaneous painting Competitions and not were fair or
sacred countrywoman where painters did not look at themselves
engages to you on support:
Dozza
it wanted to make something of various and For Native place
"it invented" the
PAINTED
WALL the first edition was carried out in june 1960,
two days of duration, the saturday and Sunday, and was held
to baptism from an annoying rain and continues that the hard
work of the painters hindered not little; also however the
manifestation had a large one happening of numerous public
accorso to assist, under the umbrella, to the job of the artists.
"bathed
Wall, fortunate Wall", never proverbio have been demonstrated
more appropriate and true; they followed other four editions
anniversaries in years 1961-1962-1963-1964, with critic and
public happening that very went beyond the forecasts and the
more optimistic expectations. The Painted Wall had demonstrated
a formidable advertising vehicle for Dozza beyond that a cultural
fact had opened the road to the tourist development and therefore
associate-economic of the country. To that point For Native
place of Dozza the determined ones to make to make the "Painted
Wall" a quality jump transforming it, with the precious
collaboration of famous Critics of Art and Journalists (between
which Marassi, Carluccio, DeMicheli, Valsecchi, etc...) in
BIENNIAL of MODERN ART. From then insigni masters of the national
and international painting (which Matta, Saetti, Sassu, Purified,
One drinks a toast, Gravies, etc...) have realized on the
large walls of Dozza frescoes walls them, contributing in
determining way to elevate and artistic the manifestation
culturally, and to make that Dozza it came defined "understood
them of I fresco modern".
The
Biennial ones 1965-1967-1969-1971 were carried out (as of
the rest the first 5 editions) with the system of the "competition"
or true and own contest: giuria, graduatoria of merit with
prizes differentiates to you: from 1973 instead the "competition"
it came abolished exceeding the concepts just by now frustrates
of the graduatorie, and the artists it considers you at par,
with equal prizes and acknowledgments for all. Since 1962
(and still today) the admitted artists have had to leave the
organization the "sketch" of their work wall them:
in this way exceptional Gallery of modern Art, the PINACOTECA
of the Painted Wall has been possible to prepare in the halls
of the Rocca Sforzesca one, equipped from one rich photographic
documentation with several editions: in the same Gallery some
works are deposited wall them "torn" in order to
save them from the destruction caused from the maltempo and
other atmospheric agents.
In eighteen editions of the "Painted Wall" svoltesi
up to now, beyond 180 artists they have left on the walls
of Dozza one artistic testimony, transforming of fact the
village in one Gallery of permanent Art, in rinomato and
a much searched cultural center, in one large tourist truth.
