Join us for a private tour of Giorgio de Chirico - Giulio Paolini at Center of Italian Modern Art
When: October 24, 2016, 6:30–8 pm
Where: Center for Italian Modern Art
421 Broome Street, 4th Floor, New York NY 10013
www.italianmodernart.org
A tour of the exhibition will be preceded by drinks and snacks.
Tickets are $15. Cash or Venmo accepted at the door.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Giorgio de Chirico (1888–1978), founder of Metaphysical painting,
and leading conceptual artist Giulio Paolini (b. 1940)
are presented together for the first time, with rarely seen masterpieces
and new works created specifically for CIMA.
The exhibition focuses on three themes fundamental to the
practice of both artists: the self-portrait and the idea of the double;
the enigma; and the manipulation of subjects from antiquity.
It also invites fresh perspectives on de Chirico – an artist
typically seen as a precursor of surrealism – revealing,
through the juxtaposition with Paolini's work,
his importance to conceptual artists as well.