The Fuseum is located in Perugia, in the Monte Malbe area; it is a park-museum that houses almost 150 works by the Perugian artist and doctor Brajo Fuso (1899-1980). After starting with figurative art, Brajo moved towards experimentation, focusing on the potential of color, gesture (anticipating the results of Pollock’s Action painting), and later on the material itself, eventually becoming one of the leading figures of the “scrap art” and found object poetic. The name Fuseum comes from the fusion of the surname Fuso and the word “museum,” according to the wishes of the artist and his wife (Elisabetta Rampielli, also a painter), who from 1960 built a complex populated by sculptures made of various materials in the holm oak park north of the city. This artwork was created over twenty years and consists of multiple independent parts. Upon the artist’s death, the property passed, according to his wishes, to the Sodalizio di San Martino, an ancient city institution of assistance, charity, and culture founded in 1574. Since 2008, a rich selection of Fuso’s works has been gathered in the “Gallery”: eleven spaces already arranged by the artist host groups of objects divided by cycles (Straticromie, Acidocromo, Cromoggetti, Legni, Metalloplastiche, etc.). The so-called “Coccibus” collects much of his ceramics and his early figurative works, while the “Pittocromo” reconstructs his studio with much of the materials and tools used to create his bizarre compositions.
Information about Fuseum
Strada dei Cappuccini, 1R
06121 Perugia (Perugia)
349 – 5774738
info@fuseum.eu
Source: MIBACT
