GIULIO PAOLINI
HALL 2.0
F16
(1940, Genoa)
Il giudizio di Paride [Judgement of Paris], 1978
Collage and red pencil inscription on primed canvas
Three parts cm.h. 120 x 180 each, overall dimensions 120 x 560
Provenance: the artist
Galleria Christian Stein
Il giudizio di Paride (Judgement of Paris) is composed of three canvases, each presenting two fragmented reproductions of Juno (1823–32) by sculptor Lorenzo Bartolini. The photographic images appear shattered into scattered fragments across the surface, suggesting different iconographical interpretations of the same subject. On each canvas, the name of one of the three goddesses of the Judgement of Paris, Juno, Venus and Minerva, is written in red; yet, where the image is expected to appear, an empty space remains.
Giulio Paolini lives and works in Turin. He is one of the most influential artists of his generation and a pioneer of the Arte Povera movement. His use of various materials (including plaster casts, drawings, objects, and photographs) symbolizes the signs and images of time. The history of art and its images are utilized as a medium, creating a poetic language made of references and fragments.
His work is held in the most prestigious collections worldwide, including:
MoMA, Museum of Modern Art, New York; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; Tate Gallery, London; The Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney; Neue Galerie Graz, Graz; MUMOK, Wien; Musée d’Art Moderne, Bruxelles; S.M.A.K, Gand; École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts, Paris; Fonds National d’art contemporain, Paris; Centre Pompidou, Paris; Staatlich Museen zu Berlin, Nationalgalerie, Berlin; Museo del Novecento, Milan; Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan; Museo Madre, Naples; Castello di Rivoli, Turin; Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna, Rome; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; The Art Institute, Chicago.