Why Burri, and why now? This year marks the centenary of the birth of Alberto Burri (1915-1995), the Italian medic who began to produce unconventional masterpieces as a prisoner of war in America's Camp Howze. 

According to gallery director Luigi Mazzoleni, who hosts Alberto Burri at his London gallery until 30 November, '[He] was one of the most important artistic figures of the Italian post-war period,' whose works had a 'fundamental influence, not just on artists of the time, but on younger artists today.'

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