ARNULF RAINER
"PIRANESI"

June 21st 2010 - September 12th 2010

One of the leading exponents of some of the most significant currents in contemporary art in
the latter half of the twentieth century, Arnulf Rainer is returning to Gallerja in Via della Lupa in Rome. This comes after his “Je est un autre” exhibition, in which some of his historic works based on body poses were shown, revealing how they had paved the way for Body Art. This time the great Austrian artist is in Rome with a series of works that adopt authentic engravings by Giovan Battista Piranesi as their supports. Using the method he has employed in other circumstances – in his Uberzeichnungen – he works on them with pastels, coloured pencils, and oils, superimposing designs and colours on the existing imagery of the ancient prints..

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