Alfa (Un autore senza nome) [Alpha (An Author without Name)] (detail) 2004, Mixed media, Collection of the artist / Courtesy Marian Goodman Gallery, New York © Giulio Paolini
Dal 9 Luglio al 14 Settembre la
Whitechapel Gallery di Londra propone una vasta antologica su Giulio Paolini,
curata da Bartolomeo Pietromarchi e Daniel F. Herrmann.
La
mostra realizzata in collaborazione col Macro, di cui questa sarà uno sviluppo
del progeteto presentato l’anno scorso a Roma, ripercorre il vasto percorso
concettuale del noto artista italiano, grande rielaboratore di riflessioni sul
fare pittorico.
Titolo
della mostra “To be or not to be” d’ispirazione scespiriana.
English
Italian
artist Giulio Paolini (b. 1940, lives and works in Turin) immerses us
in elegant installations of canvases, windows, fragments of statuary and
checkerboards – sometimes presented by 18th century footmen. Believing that
every work of art embodies earlier traditions, Paolini pays tribute to artists
such as Chardin, Lotto and Velazquez. His own face, hands and eyes reappear
throughout the show, as he asks Hamlet’s question of the artist.
From To
Be or Not to Be (1994–95) where canvases radiate across the floor into
infinity to the existential drama of The Author Who Thought He Existed…
(2013), Paolini takes us on an exhilarating journey through five decades of
work exploring perception and creativity.
Admission
free
Produced
in collaboration with MACRO, Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Roma. Co-curated with
Bartolomeo Pietromarchi.
With
thanks for the generous support of Lisson Gallery, Marian Goodman Gallery and
the Henry Moore Foundation.
9
July - 14 September 2014 Galleries
1, 8 & Victor Petitgas Gallery (Gallery 9)
