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Una copia della luce, 1969
GPO-0175
A Copy of Light
Phosphorescent pigment
Dismantled work
For the solo show held at the Studio La Tartaruga in Rome in 1969, Una copia della luce was the only work on display: installed in a dark room, it was made up of a minimum quantity of phosphorescent pigment, contained in a capsule applied to the wall and preliminarily exposed to strong lighting, which reflected the intensity of the light.
In the presentations that followed, as part of the solo show "Vedo" in Rome and Turin (1970), the work was reduced to a touch of phosphorescent paint applied to the wall, and it was, indeed, imperceptible.
| 1969 | Rome, Studio La Tartaruga, Giulio Paolini. Una copia della luce, May. |
| 1970 | Rome, QUI Arte Contemporanea, Giulio Paolini. Vedo, 20 January - 7 February, cited in the checklist of exhibited works, not repr., referred to in the text by M. Volpi Orlandini. |
| 1970 | Turin, Galleria Notizie, Giulio Paolini. Vedo, 18 February - 20 March, cited in the checklist of exhibited works, repr., referred to in the text by M. Volpi Orlandini. |
| • | G. Paolini in Giulio Paolini. Vedo, exhibition catalogue, Turin, Galleria Notizie, 1970. |
| • | Sixième Biennale de Paris, exhibition catalogue, Paris, Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, 1969, erroneously cited in the checklist of exhibited works no. 8 p. 82, not repr. |
| • | T. Trini, “Giulio Paolini, un decennio. Parte prima: Il vero e il visibile”, in Data 3, no. 7-8, (Milan), Summer, 1973, p. 61, not repr.; republished in Tommaso Trini. Mezzo secolo di arte intera. Scritti 1964-2014, edited by L. Cerizza (Milan: Johan & Levi Editore, 2016), p. 106, not repr.). |
| • | L. Conte, "Date e luoghi del grand tour: Giulio Paolini a Roma", in Risonanze #2. Giulio Paolini & Fabio Vacchi, exhibition catalogue, Rome, Spazio Risonanze, Auditorium Parco della Musica (Cinisello Balsamo: Silvana Editoriale, 2008), p. 160, not repr. |
| • | M. Disch, Giulio Paolini. Catalogo ragionato 1960-1999, vol. 1 (Milan: Skira editore, 2008), cat. no. 175 p. 193, repr. |
Entry by Maddalena Disch, 30/04/2026
