PUPPETS AND AVANTGARDE

An itinerary that places alongside the great names of Pablo Picasso, Fortunato Depero and Paul Klee, that of Otello Sarzi, a poetic figure who marked the artistic and educational history of Reggio Emilia. In order to understand their appeal, puppets are examined in the broadest sense: puppets operated from above common in the palaces of princes and the drawing rooms of the bourgeoisie, and puppets manipulated from below inhabitants of the popular world of fairs and the public square.