Alighiero e Boetti
dal 10/1/2002 al 2/3/2002
Segnalato da
10/1/2002
Alighiero e Boetti
Sperone Westwater, New York
Simmetria Asimmetria. Sperone Westwater is pleased to announce an exhibition of 'Biro' works by Alighiero e Boetti (1940-1994). Consisting of ball-point pen ink on paper mounted on canvas, these works are from a series which began in Rome in 1972 and continued through the late 1980s. His classic Aerei, or 'Airplanes' series is also featured. Here, the artist leaves as negative space line drawings of modern and historical airplanes.
Simmetria Asimmetria
Sperone Westwater is pleased to announce an exhibition of 'Biro'
works by Alighiero e Boetti (1940-1994).
Consisting of ball-point pen
ink on paper mounted on canvas, these works are from a series
which began in Rome in 1972 and continued through the late 1980s.
Collaborating with assistants, Boetti used four standard ink colors
(blue, black, red and green) to mark small repetitive strokes, often
covering the entire sheet. The artist would leave letters and symbols
(often commas) as exposed white ground or negative space. This
exhibition includes works representing each type of iconography that
Boetti used in his design of these visual structures.
Many of the works contain puzzles, puns and linguistic codes,
wherein letters of the alphabet run horizontally or vertically along the
margin of the sheet. This line of letters creates a composition that
becomes graph-like, and the title of the work is often revealed as the
viewer connects commas with corresponding letters horizontally and
vertically.
In some works like I sei sensi, 1973 and Dimenticare il
tempo perduto, 1982 the charting of commas extends across two,
even five panels. This unlocking of the artist’s created system
simulates the very basic way in which the human mind apprehends
and functions, unfolding worlds and bringing new meaning up through
the medium and into the light.
His classic Aerei, or 'Airplanes' series is also featured.
Here, the
artist leaves as negative space line drawings of modern and historical
airplanes. Originally culled from popular magazine sources, these
images construct an illusionary space of action and movement.
A publication will be available with reproductions of every work in the
exhibition.
For further information or photographs, please contact
Sperone Westwater at 212-431-3685.
A small survey exhibition 'Alighiero e Boetti' at The Arts Club of
Chicago will run concurrently, 24 January - 6 April 2002, for which
there will also be a publication. The exhibition is curated by Kathy
Cottong.
Sperone Westwater
121 Greene Street, New York, NY 10012
(212) 431-3685 (212) 941-1030 fax
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