Senza titolo (senza figura), 1986-87

Archive number

GPO-0600

English title

Untitled (Without Figure)

Technique

Silkscreen on polyester

Dimensions

250 x 330 cm

Collection

Collection of the artist

Description

The image on the flag is that of another waving flag representing a cloudy sky. The absence of a figure is emphasized by the white edges, which become the absolute "figure" of this empty flag or flag with a "hole", devoid of a figure, as the title tells us.
The work was made for the group exhibition dedicated to flags created by contemporary artists, organized by the Musée d’art et d’histoire in Geneva in collaboration with the Swiss textile company Création Baumann.

Exhibitions

1987	Geneva, Musée d’Art et d’Histoire, Drapeaux d’artistes, 15 June - 6 September, col. repr. n. pag. (incompletely titled and dated “Sans titre, 1986”).
1988	Berlin, Hamburger Bahnhof, Zeitlos, 22 June - 25 September 1988, col. repr. p. 229.
1990	Bologna, Galleria Comunale d’Arte Moderna, Villa delle Rose, Giulio Paolini. Hotel de l’Univers, 27 May - 29 July, cited in the checklist of exhibited works no. 29 p. 17, repr. p. 101, referred to in the text by P.G. Castagnoli p. 101.

Artist’ writings

•	G. Paolini in Giulio Paolini. Hotel de l’Univers, exhibition catalogue, Bologna, Galleria d’Arte Moderna, Villa delle Rose (Bologna: Nuova Alfa Editoriale, 1990), p. 15.

Bibliography

•	G. Paolini, Suspense. Breve storia del vuoto in tredici stanze (Florence: Hopeful Monster editore, 1988), repr. pp. 78-79.
•	F. Poli, Giulio Paolini (Turin: Lindau, 1990), repr. no. 161.
•	A. Zevi, “Giulio Paolini: Le repliche del naufragio / The replicas of the shipwreck”, in L’Architettura 37, no. 433 (Rome), November, 1991, col. repr. p. 910.
•	Giulio Paolini. Von heute bis gestern / Da oggi a ieri, exhibition catalogue, Graz, Neue Galerie im Landesmuseum Joanneum (Ostfildern-Ruit: Cantz Verlag, 1998), col. repr. p. 279 (incompletely titled and dated “Senza titolo, 1986”).
•	M. Disch, Giulio Paolini. Catalogo ragionato 1960-1999, vol. 2 (Milan: Skira editore, 2008), cat. no. 600 p. 615, col. repr.

Entry by Maddalena Disch, 30/01/2026