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Paolo Scheggi
Description
- Paolo Scheggi
- Intersuperficie curva bianca
- firmato, intitolato e datato 1967 sul retro
- acrilico bianco su tre tele sovrapposte
- cm 50x50x5
- (cm 70x70x5 diagonale)
Provenance
Ivi acquistato dall'attuale proprietario alla fine degli anni Settanta
Exhibited
Condition
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Catalogue Note
The short but intense existence of Paolo Scheggi gifted the international art world with a quite complex persona capable of understanding and narrating a part of the Italian cultural sensibility of the seventies. The research into spatial art that engaged numerous artists of that era, found in Scheggi a new voice, enriched by Heidegger’s philosophical experiences which the Tuscan artist studied during his formative years.
In Scheggi’s oeuvre a new and innovative sensitivity is tangible and translates into works of conceptual importance, perfectly integrated in the Milan artistic sphere of the seventies but formally diverse from the productions of his contemporaries. The main difference between Scheggi and Fontana, his mentor and reference point, resides in the consideration that space can’t only be researched and represented but has to be created and analysed. Exactly as for Heidegger’s existentialism, the subject has to question being; in the same way Scheggi questions space without just accepting it and investigates its essence to later give it form. Fontana perceives the space and he expresses it by slashing his canvases. However in the Florentine artist’s work the spatial analysis has been brought to a new level: the space is not only perceivable and visible; it is manifested by the overlapping canvases that compose the work of art. Intersuperficie Curva Bianca, executed in 1967, is a perfect example of Scheggi’s spatial exploration through the use of the four rounds that immediately captivate the spectator’s attention. In the game of chiaro-scuro that takes place inside of the artwork, in which the viewer, intrigued by the overlapping of three canvases, perceives the artist’s creation of space. In conclusion, Scheggi’s work reveals how the artist succeeded in narrating an artistic-philosophical study of immense importance, a research that was dramatically interrupted by a premature death but is still very vivid and influential in scene of contemporary art today, proved especially by the numerous exhibitions that in recent years many museums and institutions have dedicated to the artist.