"10 maggio (10 May)" belongs to the artist’s mid-1970s cycle of works addressing civil unrest and collective tension. Executed in ink, watercolour and charcoal, the drawing constructs fractured, forceful figures through slashing lines and compressed planes, evoking bodies in confrontation rather than repose. The dated title invites a political reading: positioned immediately after 9 May - Victory Day in communist iconography - it may allude to the charged atmosphere surrounding leftist demonstrations and commemorations of resistance. Whether diary-like or symbolic, the date anchors the image in a climate of ideological struggle, where gesture becomes a form of protest and the body a site of pressure.
Additional Artworks
From Ruggero Gamberini
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Crisi (Crisis), c. 1975
Linocut on paper
35 x 25 cm (paper)
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5 giorni di lotta a Milano 7-11 aprile 75 (Five Days of Struggle in Milan 7-11 April 1975), 1975
Offset lithographic poster on paper
68.5 x 50 cm
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Incubo, 1975
Etching with aquatint
26.5 x 36.5 cm (paper)
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CRAL Colloquio, 1975
Etching
27 x 31 cm (paper)
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Manifestazione, 1975
Acquaforte etching 5/25/ Acquaforte 5/25
21 x 17 cm
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30 anni di lotte per l'emancipazione femminile, 1975
Photography and graphics / Fotografia e grafica
45 x 30 cm
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Insetto, c. 1975
Iron / Ferro
56 x 34 x 20 cm
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Manifestazione, 1975
Acquaforte etching / Acquaforte
21 x 17 cm