About us
Fumetto Made in Italy – Generazioni is a project by Fumo di China and Lucca Crea, two key institutions in the Italian cultural landscape that, through complementary expertise, promote and enhance comics as a contemporary artistic language.
On the one hand, Fumo di China, founded in 1978 as a magazine, has for over fifty years been an essential reference point for criticism, dissemination, and in-depth study of the Ninth Art, accompanying its evolution across generations, languages, and cultural transformations. Over time, it has developed an independent and recognizable perspective, capable of presenting comics not only as a form of entertainment but as an artistic expression and a tool for interpreting the present, significantly contributing to the development of critical discourse around the medium in Italy.
On the other hand, Lucca Crea operates with the aim of enhancing the monumental context of the city of Lucca and promoting its image through the organization of cultural and trade events of national and international relevance, such as Lucca Comics and Games. With over sixty years of experience, Lucca Crea stands out for a project-based approach built on a structured network of institutions, professionals, and cultural partners, actively contributing to the global dissemination of comic culture and visual arts.
The meeting of these two entities gives rise to a collaboration that combines critical depth and production capacity, as well as curatorial vision and project development. Fumo di China brings a wealth of knowledge, analysis, and narration of comics as a complex cultural phenomenon; Lucca Crea contributes with consolidated expertise in event production, audience management, and the enhancement of contemporary languages in international contexts.
Within this dialogue, Fumetto Made in Italy – Generazioni emerges as a project that goes beyond simply exhibiting works, instead constructing an articulated narrative of Italian comics, connecting authors, styles, and different historical moments. The exhibition is the result of a process of research, selection, and interpretation that spans generations and poetics, aiming to convey the complexity of comics as an expressive form capable of reflecting social, cultural, and aesthetic changes of the present.
The project thus positions itself in a border space between publishing, visual arts, and storytelling, presenting comics as a language capable of activating new modes of engagement and new imaginaries. In this perspective, the exhibition dimension also becomes a tool of cultural mediation, capable of expanding audiences and fostering new forms of dialogue between works, authors, and contexts.