Ex novo, 2022
GPO-1145
Plaster cast, white plinth, digital print on acrylic fabric, plaster sphere in pieces
Cast 148 x 43 x 38 cm, plinth 55 x 55 x 55 cm, fabric 300 x 140 cm, overall dimensions 200 x 87 x 260 cm
Collection Valentina Bonomo
The plaster cast of the Esquiline Venus, viewed from behind, is associated with a long drape cascading to the ground, as if to extend the presence of the cloth lying on the plinth next to the statue. Impressed on the fabric, against a night-time sky, is the image of the Earth, corresponding to which is an arrangement of the fragments of a plaster sphere.
The Absolute and the contingent, the Sublime and the earthly dimension we find ourselves in, Beauty and its ineffability: the distance that separates the opposites is the itinerary that the artist renews from scratch – ex novo, as the title tells us – in each of his works.
Esquiline Venus, 1st century AD Roman copy of a 1st century BC Hellenistic original, marble, h 155 cm, Musei Capitolini, Rome.
| 2022-23 | Rome, Galleria Valentina Bonomo, Giulio Paolini. Fuori tempo, 2 December 2022 - 25 February 2023. |
