History is made in the Archives, scholars know it well! And so the Arazzeria Scassa has in recent weeks resumed the study and analysis of its Archive documents, in search of information that can help the reconstruction of events related to the artistic world, Italian and international, starting from the end of the Fifties. In the same way, the hundreds of texts kept inside Scassa Library are being cataloged, a collection that continues to update from year to year.

The documents date back to the beginning of Ugo Scassa's activity, when he approaches the world of art and decides to collaborate with Filippo Scroppo, professor at the Albertina Academy in Turin and assistant to Felice Casorati. These are years of great ferment and extremely formative for Ugo Scassa, who finds himself catapulted into an unprecedented creative universe, among the innovations of Lucio Fontana, Asger Jorn, Arnaldo and Giò Pomodoro.

From the years of his debut at the Galleria Il Prisma in via Viotti in Turin, the documents follow the succession of artists, exhibited inside the Gallery, who later became friends of Ugo Scassa. Thanks to archival documents, it is possible to trace the alternation of the direction of the gallery and the birth of Italia disegno, finding intact the bands that were applied to the carpets produced at that time. In the same way it has been possible to trace at least part of Ugo Scassa's notes, the tight schedule set for the work on the famous tapestries for the Ocean Liners and his project for a weaving school.

Thus, important testimonies of an unprecedented artistic past come to light, now exhibited in the most important museums of Contemporary Art in the world and at the time at his debut. The cataloging will continue in the coming months and it will be possible to update on the most important discoveries also during the exhibitions and activities that the Tapestry has planned for the coming months.

The research work is coordinated by the director Massimo Bilotta and carried out by the curator Silvana Cincotti.