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Alighiero Boetti, Cinepresa e aste da microfono, 1965

Alighiero Boetti

Cinepresa e aste da microfono, 1965
Indian ink on paper
100 x 70 cm
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signed and dated lower right Certificate Archive Alighiero Boetti 2206 In 1965, Boetti devoted himself to a cycle of 27 ink drawings: clear-cut, markedly two-dimensional silhouettes, simplified forms of industrial...
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signed and dated lower right
Certificate Archive Alighiero Boetti 2206
In 1965, Boetti devoted himself to a cycle of 27 ink drawings: clear-cut, markedly two-dimensional silhouettes, simplified forms of industrial appliances – desk lamps, microphones, film cameras and photographic cameras. A common feature of these drawings is that they point directly towards the viewer – as if they were recording his reactions – and are executed with great technical skills characteristic of an industrial designer. And yet, despite their extremely precise execution, they convey a feeling of vaguely metaphysical anguish and alienation. Within the context of Boetti’s rich and varied output, they also stick out on the grounds of the preponderance of the artist’s direct intervention during their execution. With microphones, photographic devices, film cameras, lamps and displays I wanted to create situations that would be able to engage the viewer with a new dimension. In other words, theatre. (Alighiero Boetti)
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Provenance

Galleria La Bertesca, Gênes
Galleria Leonardi, Gênes
Collection Enrico Pedrini, Gênes
Christie's Paris, 10 June 2016, Lot 0134A

Exhibitions

Magie Straordinarie, Sprovieri, London, 2017

Literature

Alighiero Boetti, Catalogo generale, Tomo primo. Opere 1961-1971, J.-C. Ammann, Milan, 2009 (illustrated in colour, p. 136, no. 53)



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