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Giulio Paolini

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Often linked to the Arte Povera movement, Giulio Paolini is best known for an artistic practice that is inscribed in a more strictly conceptual sphere. From the outset of his career, Paolini has developed a complex research centred as much on the artist's tools as on the figure of the artist as an operator of language and accomplice of the viewer. The main characteristics of his artistic expression include citation, duplication and fragmentation, which are used as expedients for staging the distance between a finished model for making the work a "theatre of evocation." Articulated and composed designs, centred on additive dynamics (ordering, repetition, juxtaposition) and centrifugal forces, (explosions and dispersions starting from the centre) or centripetal ones (concentration, superimposition, joining), accompany the procedures drawing from a vast store of cultural mythologies and memories that are recaptured in photography, collage and plaster casts. More recently, Paolini's incessant investigation of the definition and purpose of the work has been insistently concerned with the act of exhibiting, which he sees as the fundamental moment of encountering the work.

Giulio Paolini lives and works in Turin.

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Artist Contact

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Artist Press

The Transparent passion
Notes on the Art of Giulio Paolini and other recent works.
By Alessandro Rabottini
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Artist Exhibitions

Giulio Paolini  April 16 - May 22, 1999
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Then and Now  July 18 - September 12, 1998
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Out of Sight Out of Mind  February 15 - April 3, 1993
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Through the Summer  July 23 - September, 1981
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Through the Summer  June 21 - August, 1979
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Giulio Paolini  March 20 - April 13, 1979
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Giulio Paolini  April 15 - May 14, 1977


Artist Images

<i>All'Istante, </i>2006 Plexiglas case with with mat inside, Plexiglas plinth, crumpled paper ball, pencil drawing on wall
All'Istante, 2006 Plexiglas case with with mat inside, Plexiglas plinth, crumpled paper ball, pencil drawing on wall

<i>Status Quo, </i>2006 Drawing in Plexiglas case, pencil on wall Case 31 x 31 x 3.4 cm
Status Quo, 2006 Drawing in Plexiglas case, pencil on wall Case 31 x 31 x 3.4 cm

<i>Suite N. 4</i>, 2006 Graphic edition in Plexiglas case, pencil on wall Case 96 x 96 cm, overall dimensions variable
Suite N. 4, 2006 Graphic edition in Plexiglas case, pencil on wall Case 96 x 96 cm, overall dimensions variable

<i>Sotto sopra</i>, 2005-06 Book stands, pencil and collage on wall Overall dimensions variable Photo Enrico Amici
Sotto sopra, 2005-06 Book stands, pencil and collage on wall Overall dimensions variable Photo Enrico Amici

<i>Esposizione universale, </i>2005 Steel tubular structure, transparent and reflective plexiglas sheets (partly engraved), glass objects, crystal and plexiglas objects, spot-light, coloured halogen lights Dimensions variable
Esposizione universale, 2005 Steel tubular structure, transparent and reflective plexiglas sheets (partly engraved), glass objects, crystal and plexiglas objects, spot-light, coloured halogen lights Dimensions variable

<i>Il Disegno in persona</i>, 1998 Framed photograph, frame with black passe-partout, pencil on paper, collage on wall Frame with passe-partout 70 x 80 cm, overall dimensions ca. 125 x 125 cm Collection of the artist Photo © Croce & Wir, Graz
Il Disegno in persona, 1998 Framed photograph, frame with black passe-partout, pencil on paper, collage on wall Frame with passe-partout 70 x 80 cm, overall dimensions ca. 125 x 125 cm Collection of the artist Photo © Croce & Wir, Graz

<i>Essere o non essere</i>, 1995 Pencil and red felt-tip pen on primed canvas, pencil on paper, red felt-tip pen on photograph, Plexiglas sheets, drawing paper, black pencil 64 canvas 50 x 50 cm each, six photographs and six Plexiglas sheets 50 x 50 cm each, overall dimensions variable
Essere o non essere, 1995 Pencil and red felt-tip pen on primed canvas, pencil on paper, red felt-tip pen on photograph, Plexiglas sheets, drawing paper, black pencil 64 canvas 50 x 50 cm each, six photographs and six Plexiglas sheets 50 x 50 cm each, overall dimensions variable

<i>Due per Uno, </i>1994 Pencil on overturned canvas , red pencil on primed canvas, Overall dimensions 120 x 145 cm
Due per Uno, 1994 Pencil on overturned canvas , red pencil on primed canvas, Overall dimensions 120 x 145 cm

<i>Quattro per uno</i>, 1994 Primed canvas on overturned canvas, pencil on primed canvas, overturned canvas and wall Two primed canvas 35 x 45 cm and 40 x 50, overturned canvas 80 x 110 cm, drawing on wall 160 x 240 cm, overall dimensions 190 x 240 cm Photo Carlo Fei
Quattro per uno, 1994 Primed canvas on overturned canvas, pencil on primed canvas, overturned canvas and wall Two primed canvas 35 x 45 cm and 40 x 50, overturned canvas 80 x 110 cm, drawing on wall 160 x 240 cm, overall dimensions 190 x 240 cm Photo Carlo Fei

<i>Polvere, </i>1992 Magnifying lens, Plexiglas, transparency, white or Plexiglas pedestal Plexiglas sheets 50 x 50 cm each, pedestal 100 x 50 x 50 cm
Polvere, 1992 Magnifying lens, Plexiglas, transparency, white or Plexiglas pedestal Plexiglas sheets 50 x 50 cm each, pedestal 100 x 50 x 50 cm

<i>Mnemosine (Les Charmes de la Vie/8), </i>1990 Acrylic on canvas, canvas stretchers, pencil on primed canvas Painted canvas 160 x 240 cm, 8 canvas stretchers 160 x 240 cm each, primed canvas 40 x 60 cm
Mnemosine (Les Charmes de la Vie/8), 1990 Acrylic on canvas, canvas stretchers, pencil on primed canvas Painted canvas 160 x 240 cm, 8 canvas stretchers 160 x 240 cm each, primed canvas 40 x 60 cm

<i>Qui </i>, 1967-85 Engraving on Plexiglas Three elements Ø 100 cm each, overall size ca. 3 x 105 x 105 cm
Qui , 1967-85 Engraving on Plexiglas Three elements Ø 100 cm each, overall size ca. 3 x 105 x 105 cm

<i>Mimesi</i>, 1975 Plaster casts, white opaque pedestals Two plaster casts 48 x 23,5 x 25,5 cm each, two pedestals 120 x 35 x 35 cm each, overall size ca. 168 x 52 x 95 cm
Mimesi, 1975 Plaster casts, white opaque pedestals Two plaster casts 48 x 23,5 x 25,5 cm each, two pedestals 120 x 35 x 35 cm each, overall size ca. 168 x 52 x 95 cm

<i>La Doublure, </i>1972-73 Engraving, pencil and nails on primed canvas 40 x 60 cm
La Doublure, 1972-73 Engraving, pencil and nails on primed canvas 40 x 60 cm

<i>Apoteosi di Omero, </i>1970-71 32 Photographic prints, typescript, book stands Photographs 30 x 24 cm each
Apoteosi di Omero, 1970-71 32 Photographic prints, typescript, book stands Photographs 30 x 24 cm each

<i>Senza titolo (Plakat Carton)</i>, 1962 Coloured cards stapled on polyethylene board 30 x 30 cm Collection Anna Paolini Piva, Turin Photo © Paolo Mussat Sartor, Turin
Senza titolo (Plakat Carton), 1962 Coloured cards stapled on polyethylene board 30 x 30 cm Collection Anna Paolini Piva, Turin Photo © Paolo Mussat Sartor, Turin

<i>Senza titolo, </i>1961 Tin of paint, stretcher, polyethylene 21 x 21 cm
Senza titolo, 1961 Tin of paint, stretcher, polyethylene 21 x 21 cm