Giulio Paolini's 'Tutto e niente' at Galleria Christian Stein, Milan

Giulio Paolini presents 'Tutto e niente' (Everything and Nothing) at Galleria Christian Stein in Milan, featuring four newly created works that explore authorship and the absolute from artistic and existential perspectives. The eponymous installation comprises nine plexiglass frames with passe-partout windows containing off-center images, as if the artist seeks to center them. Paolini describes it as a mosaic of known images where past and future may overlap. At the center, 'L'anima in posa' (2023) depicts a female figure scattering or gathering blank sheets, with pencil lines tracing fleeting contacts. 'Delfo (V)' is a back-view self-portrait of the artist walking among ancient statues, referencing earlier works from 1965 to 1968. 'In cornice' (2023) shows a model uncertain how to present herself. An office work evokes Dante's Paradiso, Canto XXXIII, suggesting a deep dive into phenomena. The exhibition runs at Galleria Christian Stein, Milan.