De rerum natura, 2003
GPC-1013
Collage on white paper and on black paper, reproduction on acetate
Three parts 42 x 29.7 cm each, one part 38.5 x 30 cm, one part 39.8 x 39.8 cm, one part 33 x 33 cm, one part 55 x 39.8 cm, one part 52.7 x 68.8 cm, overall dimensions variable
Titled, signed, and dated on the verso of the eighth element, centre: “De Rerum Natura / Giulio Paolini / 2003”
Fondazione Giulio e Anna Paolini, Turin
Gift of the artist, 14 December 2004, archive no. GPC-1013
The installation of the eight elements can vary depending on the space available. For instance, the various options are as follows: an irregular arrangement in the manner of a painting gallery on a single wall, or horizontally in a row, or in groups arranged on different walls or on the same wall (one group with elements 1, 2, 3, 6; one group with elements 4 and 5; separate as though independent elements 7 and 8). The way they are arranged is not conditioned by the number on the verso.
Title from Tito Lucrezio Caro, De rerum natura, 1st century BC.
| 2017-18 | Bologna, Biblioteca Universitaria, Vedere l’invisibile. Lucrezio nell’arte contemporanea, 20 November 2017 - 14 January 2018, col. repr. pp. 74-75, entry by R. Pinto p. 73. |
| • | Lucrezio, De rerum natura (Turin: Giulio Einaudi editore, 2003), col. repr. on cover and on the slipcase, col. repr. n. pag. (fourth element, upside down). |
| • | Ragione e furore. Lucrezio nell’Italia contemporanea, edited by F. Citti and D. Pellacani (Bologna: Edizioni Pendragon, 2020), pp. LIV, 15, 101, col. repr. nos. 86-93. |
