Giulio Paolini's 'Il mondo nuovo' at Massimo De Carlo in Milan
Massimo De Carlo presents Giulio Paolini's first solo exhibition at Palazzo Belgioioso in Milan, titled 'Il mondo nuovo' (The New World). The show centers on the 2019 work 'Expositio,' placed precisely within the room's floor frieze to evoke an immutable cosmic order. The exhibition title references Giandomenico Tiepolo's 1791 fresco in Venice, where figures gaze at a cosmorama showing exotic landscapes, set against the backdrop of the French Revolution. Paolini's 2020 work 'Il mondo nuovo' echoes this with an empty central frame as an oracle. In an adjacent room, 'Fuori tempo' (2020) features a reclining hourglass that stops marking time, urging viewers to live in the present. The exhibition runs at MDC's Palazzo Belgioioso space.
Key facts
- Giulio Paolini's first solo show at Massimo De Carlo's Palazzo Belgioioso space in Milan
- Exhibition title 'Il mondo nuovo' inspired by Giandomenico Tiepolo's 1791 fresco in Venice
- Central work 'Expositio' (2019) placed in the center of the floor frieze
- Work 'Il mondo nuovo' (2020) features an empty central frame as an oracle
- Work 'Fuori tempo' (2020) shows a reclining hourglass that stops marking time
- Tiepolo's fresco depicts figures looking at a cosmorama during the French Revolution
- Exhibition explores themes of cosmic order, time, and present-moment living
- Giulio Paolini was born in Genoa in 1940
Entities
Artists
- Giulio Paolini
- Giandomenico Tiepolo
Institutions
- Massimo De Carlo (MDC)
- Palazzo Belgioioso
Locations
- Milan
- Italy
- Genoa
- Venice