In collaboration with CMS.Cultura, with the curatorship of Patrizia Zanotti and with the support of Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio in Bologna, the exhibition will show over 400 works celebrating Hugo Pratt and his alter ego Corto Maltese: a real literary myth of the Twentieth century, an anti-hero, a modern Ulysses able to make us travel in the most fascinating places and let us rediscover some of the major episodes and protagonists of the history of the Twentieth century. Museum of the History of Bologna, the great exhibition “Hugo Pratt and Corto Maltese. That blended with the punk couture of skateboarders, like Jason Lee and Tony Hawk," explained Sialelli post show.On the fiftieth anniversary of Corto Maltese, Genus Bononiae hosts from 4 November 2016 to 19 March 2017, at Palazzo Pepoli. As a child I was obsessed with Corto Maltese, and his beautiful stories and wardrobe. "Its my Peter Pan syndrome, talking about the naivety and expectations of youth. Notably rubber boots finished with beveled heels, or great lazy lad sneakers held together with humungous laces. Sialelli's biggest skill is mixing funky street and fine fabrics, seen in his dip-dyed turquoise pants and a wonderful selection of funky boots. Many seemed like crazy young men with a sailor father from Cornwall, and a gypsy mother from Seville, just like Corto Maltese. Or, most eye-catchingly, sequined check jerkins, for when a skateboarder wins an Oscar. Yet while frequently nautical, there was a skateboarder twist throughout, albeit rather bourgeois boarders – with double-face cashmere parkas, and several really dapper baby blue check cotton shirts worn with matching summer cummerbunds. Knits came with embroidered sea birds, gulls and albatrosses. And fun too, like the leather sailor shirt over-dyed with images of Cortoʼs adventures with South Sea Island pirates.
In terms of tailoring, Sialelli whipped up some navy officer blazers, naval cadet striped shirts and sailors' pants – all easy and boyish. Dude white shirts emblazoned with the profile of the seadog captain and beautiful aqua blue naval scenes. The result was some cartoonish yet quaintly cool ideas.
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