Giorno e notte, 2020
GPO-1093
Day and Night
Black pencil, white pencil, red pencil and collage on paper
Three framed parts 99.5 x 70.5 cm each, overall dimensions 99.5 x 218 cm
Titled, dated, and signed on the verso of the third element, lower right: “Giorno e notte” / 2020 / Giulio Paolini”
Private collection
Three elements featuring white, grey, and black backgrounds, respectively, are placed at short intervals from each other to suggest a room in perspective. The vanishing point of the image at the centre reproduces in a smaller scale the image of the triptych itself. The vanishing lines of the perspective host four valets, stage-hands and discreet witnesses of the rites of the representation. The whole composition is enlivened by the flowing of celestial bodies and astral elements in a symmetrical contrast between light and dark, day and night, as stated in the title.
Second element, background image: view of the entrance hallway of Giulio Paolini’s home taken by Paolo Mussat Sartor, 1991.
| 2020 | Milan, Massimo De Carlo, Giulio Paolini. Il mondo nuovo, 15 June - 3 October. |
| • | G. Micicchè, “Giulio Paolini. Tre mostre per 80 anni”, in Millennium 38, supplement to the daily newspaper “Il Fatto Quotidiano” (Rome), 2020, col. repr. p. 114. |
