Italy's annual invasion of Manhattan's art galleries was under way last week, and some of the early arrivals were a change from what the U.S. had come to expect. On view at one 57th Street gallery were 14 pleasantly light and digestible paintings by three modern artists which were as different from the familiar abstractions as red wine from white. The three:
GIORGIO MORANDI, 62, who won international attention when he took first prize for painting at Venice's 1948 Biennale. One of Italy's favorite parlor painters,
Morandi has been preoccupied with empty bottles of all sizes and shapes for most of his adult...
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