Giulio Paolini's Naples Exhibition Blurs Art and Theater

Giulio Paolini (Genoa, 1940) presents a solo exhibition at Alfonso Artiaco gallery in Naples, exploring the intersection of art and theater. Since the 1960s, Paolini has engaged with theatrical collaborations, and his conceptual work incorporates metalinguistic references, opening up to external fields beyond artistic semantics. The exhibition features a succession of warm gold/brown and cool cerulean color temperatures. Key works include 'Vis-à-vis', 'Fuori tempo', 'La caduta di Icaro', and 'Piazze d'Italia', which deconstruct time, space, illusion, and reality. The series 'Pompei' serves as an overture to the 'Pompeii Commitment' project, merging myth and built reality. Paolini references de Chirico's clocks and Watteau's 'Gilles', the latter gazing at viewers in the final room. The exhibition runs at Alfonso Artiaco in Naples in 2021.