Novero, 1977
GPO-0353
Group
Pencil on primed canvas
Nine parts 30 x 30 cm each, overall dimensions 94 x 94 cm
Signed, titled, and dated on the verso of the ninth canvas, lower stretcher bar: "Giulio Paolini Novero 1977"
Elisabeth and Gerhard Sohst Collection in der Hamburger Kunsthalle
Since ca. 1990 on long-term loan at Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg
The nine canvases numbered from 1 to 9 at the bottom left reproduce each time the pattern of all the elements placed close together, with an empty compartment in the area corresponding to the position of the element in question. Along the same lines as the previously made Delos (1976, GPO-0333), Novero implodes in a circular tale: each component reflects the whole and at the same time signals itself via subtraction by way of the missing square.
The same theme was also developed in four other variants, three of which were made in the same year (GPO-0352, GPO-0368, GPO-0369) while one was made in 1979 (GPO-0405).
| 1977 | Mannheim, Mannheimer Kunstverein, Giulio Paolini, 31 July - 28 August, not repr. |
| 1982 | Hamburg, Raum für neue Kunst, Giulio Paolini, 16 August - 15 October, cited in the checklist of exhibited works in the visitor's guide, not repr., referred to in the text by M. Kramer. |
| 1986 | Stuttgart, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Giulio Paolini, 20 September - 2 November, cited in the checklist of exhibited works vol. 4 no. 27 p. 52, repr. vol. 1 p. 51. |
| 2005 | Münster, Westfälisches Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte, Giulio Paolini. Esposizione universale, 1 October 2005 - 8 January 2006, cited in the checklist of exhibited works p. 89, repr. p. 82, referred to in the text by E. Franz p. 83. |
| 2013-14 | Hamburg, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Serial Attitudes. Wiederholung als Methode seit den 1960ern, 1 November 2013 - 25 May 2014, no catalogue. |
| • | Le Stanze, exhibition catalogue, Genazzano, Castello Colonna (Florence: Centro Di, 1979), repr. n. pag. |
| • | Giulio Paolini, exhibition catalogue, Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, 1980, repr. p. 36. |
| • | E. Franz, “Del bello intelligibile – Die geistige Schönheit”, in Giulio Paolini. Del bello intelligibile, exhibition catalogue, Bielefeld, Kunsthalle Bielefeld, 1982, p. 5, repr.; republished in Pratiques. Réflexions sur l’Art 2 (Rennes), Autumn, 1996, p. 37, repr. |
| • | Thoughts and Action. Joseph Beuys, Daniel Buren, Dan Graham, Bruce MacLean, Giulio Paolini, exhibition catalogue, Tokyo, The Japan Foundation, The Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, The Laforet Museum (Tokyo: Flex Co. Ltd, 1982), repr. p. 110. |
| • | Giulio Paolini, vol. Images/Index (Villeurbanne: Le Nouveau Musée, 1984), repr. p. 49. |
| • | G. Paolini, Suspense. Breve storia del vuoto in tredici stanze (Florence: Hopeful Monster editore, 1988), repr. p. 183. |
| • | Konzeptkunst in der Hamburger Kunsthalle. Die Sammlung Elisabeth und Gerhard Sohst (Hamburg: Hamburger Kunsthalle, 1997), repr. p. 14, commentary by O. Westheider p. 15, catalogue entry p. 86. |
| • | N. Bätzner, Arte Povera. Zwischen Erinnerung und Ereignis: Giulio Paolini, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Jannis Kounellis (Nuremberg: Verlag für moderne Kunst, 2000), p. 63, repr. p. 62. |
| • | M. Disch, Giulio Paolini. Catalogo ragionato 1960-1999, vol. 1 (Milan: Skira editore, 2008), cat. no. 353 p. 363, repr. |
| • | Giulio Paolini. A come Accademia, exhibition catalogue, Rome, Accademia Nazionale di San Luca (Rome: Gangemi Editore, 2023), col. repr. p. 199 (exhibition view Stuttgart 1986). |
