Senza titolo, 1967
GPO-0122
Untitled
Perforated primed canvas, coloured nylon threads
Canvas 40 x 40 cm, overall height variable
Signed and dated on the verso of the canvas, left stretcher bar: "Giulio Paolini / 1967"
Galleria Comunale d’Arte, Cagliari
Acquired in 1971, inventory no. 443
The canvas is hung on the wall so that the centre is at the viewer's eye level (160 cm from the ground).
A primed canvas in a tilted position and with a hole in the middle is fastened to the upper part of the wall. It is pierced by several coloured nylon threads that drop down to the ground in a tangle, similar to Icaro (GPO-0121).
The same theme was formulated in two other versions of the work made that same year, which differ because they contain only one thread and because of the size of the canvas (GPO-0123, GPO-0124).
| 1968 | Palermo, Centro di ricerche estetiche Nuova Presenza, Alviani, Biasi, Carbone, Ceroli, Lombardo, Marotta, Paolini, Parmiggiani, Titone, 24 May - 8 June, repr. n. pag. (incorrect installation, detail). |
| 1975 | Cagliari, Galleria Comunale di Cagliari, Materiali per un centro pubblico d’Arte Contemporanea, from 3 March, not repr. |
| 1990 | Cagliari, Galleria Comunale di Cagliari, Gli artisti nelle collezioni civiche del ’900, [unknown dates], no catalogue. |
| 2012 | Cagliari, Antico Palazzo di Città, Gli Spazi dell'Arte. Dalla Pop Art al Concettuale, from 21 June, no catalogue. |
| • | La Collezione d’arte contemporanea della Galleria Comunale di Cagliari. Gli artisti e le opere, edited by A. Negri (Cagliari: Assessorato alla Pubblica Istruzione e Beni Culturali Comune di Cagliari, 1983), catalogue entry by L. Capano and A. Negri p. 181, repr. p. 183. |
| • | M. Disch, Giulio Paolini. Catalogo ragionato 1960-1999, vol. 1 (Milan: Skira editore, 2008), cat. no. 122 p. 147, not repr. |
