Qui, 1967-85
GPO-0546
Here
Engraving on plexiglas
Three parts Ø 100 cm each, overall dimensions 3 x 105 x 105 cm
The work was executed in a numbered edition of three.
| 1/3 | FER Collection |
| 2/3 | Neue Galerie Graz, Graz |
| 3/3 | Collection of the artist |
| 2/3 | Acquired in 1998, inventory no. III/633, 1-3 |
Three round plexiglas elements placed one on top of the other, and slightly staggered, bear the letters “Q”, “U”, and “I”, respectively, so as to form the word “Qui” [Here].
The word that becomes the image of itself asserts “here and now” its own linguistic meaning: wherever it is installed, it invests that specific spot in space with the meaning of the adverb of place that it represents. Deictic action, linguistic meaning, and spatial geometry also end up coinciding with the direct experience of the viewer: the linguistic "here"(qui) indicated by the work time after time identifies not just the spatial coordinates in which it is situated, but also the ones in which the viewer finds him or herself observing it.
The work is a larger replica of the first version made in 1967 (GPO-0117).
| 1986 | Stuttgart, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Giulio Paolini, 20 September - 2 November, cited in the checklist of exhibited works vol. 4 no. 10 p. 51; repr. vol. 3 on back cover (exhibition view, on left). |
| 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. 9 p. 17, repr. pp. 41 (exhibition view), 43. |
| 1995 | Graz, Neue Galerie am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Quasi per gioco. Das Spiel in der Kunst. Steirischer Herbst ’95 TRIGON, 1 September - 22 October; repr. p. 72 (exhibition view Bologna 1990), referred to in the text by A. Vettese pp. 29-30 (German), 164 (Italian). |
| 1998 | Graz, Neue Galerie im Landesmuseum Joanneum, Giulio Paolini. Von heute bis gestern / Da oggi a ieri, 4 April - 31 May, cited in the checklist of exhibited works no. 1 p. 181, repr. p. 260 (exhibition view Bologna 1990); edition 2/3. |
| 2003-04 | Graz, Neue Galerie Graz am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Support. Die Neue Galerie als Sammlung, 20 September 2003 - 29 August 2004, no catalogue; edition 2/3. |
| 2003 | Milan, Fondazione Prada, Giulio Paolini 1960-1972, 29 October - 18 December, cited in the checklist of exhibited works p. 401, not repr.; edition 3/3. |
| 2007-08 | Rovereto, MART Museo di arte moderna e contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, La parola nell’arte. Ricerche d’avanguardia nel ‘900. Dal Futurismo ad oggi attraverso le collezioni del Mart, 10 November 2007 - 6 April 2008, repr. p. 465; edition 3/3. |
| 2008 | Graz, Neue Galerie Graz am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Viaggio in Italia. Italienische Kunst 1960 bis 1990 aus der Sammlung der Neuen Galerie Graz und der VAF-Stiftung, Frankfurt am Main, 14 June 2008 - 25 January 2009, col. repr. p. 117; in the exhibition brochure: repr. of the exhibited work; edition 2/3. |
| • | Viaggio in Italia. Italienische Kunst 1960 bis 1990 aus der Sammlung der Neuen Galerie Graz und der VAF-Stiftung, Frankfurt am Main, edited by C. Steinle, G. Danzer (Graz-Cologne: Neue Galerie am Landesmuseum Joanneum and Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, 2008), col. repr. p. 117, cited in the list of works from the collection p. 353. |
| • | M. Disch, Giulio Paolini. Catalogo ragionato 1960-1999, vol. 2 (Milan: Skira editore, 2008), cat. no. 546 p. 556, repr. |
| • | Moderne: Selbstmord der Kunst?, edited by P. Weibel (Graz-Ostfildern: Neue Galerie and Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2011), col. repr. p. 531 (installation view at Neue Galerie, Graz). |
| • | Vado al massimo. Cronache dall’Italia postmoderna, exhibition catalogue, Bologna, Galleria Enrico Astuni (Imola: Maretti Editore, 2020), repr. p. 101 (exhibition view Bologna 1990). |
| • | Giulio Paolini. A come Accademia, exhibition catalogue, Rome, Accademia Nazionale di San Luca (Rome: Gangemi Editore, 2023), repr. p. 210 (exhibition view Bologna 1990). |
