Arnulf Rainer's 'Colori nelle mani' Exhibition at Galleria Poggiali in Florence

Galleria Poggiali in Florence presents 'Arnulf Rainer. Colori nelle mani', a solo exhibition of the Austrian artist Arnulf Rainer (born 1929 in Baden). The show's title references Rainer's instinctive, hands-on approach to painting, often using his fingers. Rainer, a rebel against conventions, defies classification, blending Surrealist, Informal, Expressionist, and Conceptual elements. His work is described as an inner struggle for knowledge of reality and self. Nature is a central subject, depicted as a battlefield of emotional and intellectual turmoil, sublimated in the 1990s constellations that evoke stellar explosions. The exhibition features dynamic, almost painful paintings that create a powerful visual narrative, enhanced by the gallery's white walls and sober installation. In stark contrast, a large nearly black cross (Ohne Titel, 1998) offers stability and peace, a contemplative, conceptual piece where chromatic chaos dissolves into non-color, recalling the cathartic stellar explosion dear to Italo Svevo. The review is by Niccolò Lucarelli for Artribune.