60 years after two Intersuperfici by Paolo Scheggi entered the collection in the National Gallery of Modern Art in Rome, then directed by Palma Bucarelli, and the artist's participation in the Monocroma collective in Bologna and Florence, this exhibition intends to analyse his artistic research from the early 1960s to the early 1970s, celebrating 1963 as a fundamental date for the affirmation and contextualisation of Paolo Scheggi on an international level.
Making Spaces is the title of the exhibition organised by Cardi Gallery in Milan in collaboration with the Paolo Scheggi Association, which from 26 January to 15 April 2023 will present a selection of over 25 works by Paolo Scheggi to the public.
The exhibition itinerary, curated by Ilaria Bignotti, will unfold according to two directives which intend, on the one hand, to investigate the integrated architecture design that the artist conducts by elaborating the spatial modules at the basis of his best-known works, on the other, to offer visitors will receive a broad overview of Scheggi's approach to the concepts of interaction, interspace and multimedia, also through unpublished archival documentation.
Paolo Scheggi (Settignano, Florence 1940 – Rome 1971) developed an extraordinarily intense and interdisciplinary artistic research, exploring visual arts, architecture, fashion, poetry, urban and theatrical performances, resulting in a conceptual and metaphysical reflection. Greatly influenced by the Humanists, Existentialists and Phenomenologists (through his relationship with Jean Paul Sartre), he moved from Florence to Milan in 1961.At that time, he came into contact with the new research of the Lombard capital following Lucio Fontana and Bruno Munari and frequenting the groups surrounding Azimut/h as well as the first figures of the Arte Programmata (Programmed Art). He quickly became a point of reference for the international avant garde, actively participating in the debates and projects of the Zero, Nul groups and Nuove Tendenze (New Tendancies).Between 1966 and 1967, whilst taking part in numerous exhibitions around the world such as in Paris, Buenos Aires, New York, Amburgo, Düsseldorf, Zagreb, and many more, Scheggi experimented intergrating of plastic, architecture, theatre, drama writing, surpassing not only the canvas but also the traditional space of the gallery by invading the city streets, like Campo urbano in Como, Oplà-Stick in Milan, Zagreb and OPLÀ. Azione-lettura teatro in Florence in 1969.
Established in 1972 by Italian collector and passionate supporter of developing artists, Renato Cardi, the Milan-based Cardi Gallery has been fostering contemporary Italian art for decades.
