From 28 April to 1 September 2024, the MA*GA of Gallarate presents the important acquisition of the Archive, the Library and some works of Vittorio Tavernari (1919-1987), one of the most important Italian sculptors of the post-war period, which took place thanks to the financing of the General Directorate for Contemporary Creativity of the Ministry of Culture through the PAC tender - Plan for Contemporary Art 2023, won by the MA*GA Museum.

The exhibition, curated by Emma Zanella and Alessandro Castiglioni, is part of the exhibition program of Italia 2050, the Research Center for Italian Art 1950-2050, founded by the MA*GA in 2023.

The desire to enhance the heritage of one of the most significant Italian sculptors of the 20th century led to the project of acquiring a very precious corpus, preserved in the MA*GA deposits since April 2024, consisting of autographed letters, photographs and photographic plates, from the catalog of works and the artist's complete bibliography, from his personal library, as well as a precious collection of works that the artist has always kept for himself. Some of the most prestigious voices of Italian criticism appear among the letters and publications, including Francesco Arcangeli, Carlo Ludovico Ragghianti, Marco Valsecchi and Mario De Micheli.

The exhibition, whose title I would like to sculpt the universe follows that of an article written by Tavernari himself in the magazine "Epoca" in 1951, offers works and documents part of the Archive which delve into some national and international initiatives in which the artist participates as an absolute protagonist, bringing his language into dialogue with the dynamics and cultural transformations of his era.