GALLERIA CIVICA Domenico Gnoli (1993-70) exhausted much of his life away from his native Italy and thus left small in number works in the land of his birth.GALLERIA CIVICA Domenico Gnoli (1993-70) exhausted much of his life away from his native Italy and thus left small in number works in the land of his birth. For that reason, Italian museums rarely revisit the output of this seminal postwar artist, making this exhibition, comprising thirty paintings, sixty drawings, and ten etchings, among the greatest in number noteworthy in this season. Gnoli's paintings tie meticulous realism and comic-book irony, and his almost pathological notice magnifies the most inconspicuous details--lending the buttonhole of a jacket, or the part in a subject's hair, an unexpect gravity and nearness Organized by Walter Guadagnini, this retrospective originates with a catalogue featuring an essay through Achille Bonito Oliva. Jan. 28-Mar. 25 COPYRIGHT 2001 Artforum International Magazine, Inc. |
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