Copia e originale, 2011
GPE-0125
The Copy and the Original
Fine Art print and original collage by the artist
Hahnemühle cotton paper 188 g
Plate 23.7 x 16.5 cm folded, 47.5 x 33 cm open
Titled and signed on the recto: “Copia e originale” (in a variable position), “Giulio Paolini” (bottom centre)
Autograph numbering on the recto, bottom centre
33 in Arabic numerals from 1/33 to 33/33
7 in Roman numerals from I/VII to VII/VII
The position and format of the white card stock applied by collage vary from one edition to another, as does, in some cases, the position of the photographic image.
Danilo Montanari Editore, Ravenna
Grafiche Morandi, Fusignano (Ravenna)
The print was commissioned from the artist by the publisher Danilo Montanari, Ravenna, on the occasion of the publication of the exhibition catalogue Libro / Opera. Viaggio nelle pagine d’artista – La collezione di Danilo Montanari, which accompanied the eponymous group exhibition at the Biblioteca Universitaria in Bologna, from 16 September to 12 October 2011, curated by Montanari himself.
Libro / Opera. Viaggio nelle pagine d’artista – La collezione di Danilo Montanari / A journey into the artist’s pages. Danilo Montanari’s collection, exhibition catalogue, Bologna, Aula Magna della Biblioteca Universitaria (Ravenna: Danilo Montanari Editore, 2011). 24 x 17 cm, 208 pages, paper binding. Texts by Luca Cerizza, Luigi Ballerini, Mario Diacono, Giorgio Bertelli, text by Giulio Paolini Un libro è un libro, b/w and colour illustrations, in Italian and English. Limited edition of 500 copies, of which 40 include the folded print edition.
An original card is applied to the photographic reproduction of an ensemble of white cards arranged in random order (the picture was taken by Paolo Mussat Sartor). The position of the original card from one copy to another of the edition size varies.
The relationship between the multiple cards reproduced and the single and authentic one is expressed in the title, transcribed by the artist, in a tautological key, in part on the printed image (”Copia e/The Copy and”) and in part on the card (”originale/The Original”). The uniqueness and originality of the card is also emphasized through its variable arrangement, which in turn makes each copy in the edition size unique and original.
The theme of the copy and the original is reformulated, in other terms, in a work on paper made soon afterwards (GPC-1360).
Photograph taken by Paolo Mussat Sartor.
| 2012-13 | Modena, Metronom, WunderCAMERA / Alchimia fotografica, 1 December 2012 - 26 January 2013, no catalogue. |
| 2016 | Turin, Norma Mangione, Studio Salvo, Francesco Barocco / Giulio Paolini, 24 September - 29 November; artist’s proof. |
