Piccole Mitologie

Paolo Colombo

Piccole Mitologie, 1979114 x 154cmSign in to view price
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pencil on paperBaert Gallery
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This artwork features a framed display of handwritten text in a minimalist composition. The text appears to be a series of coded entries or records, with numbers, abbreviations, and brief phrases that suggest a bureaucratic or administrative context. The spare, understated style and use of typewritten text evoke a sense of impersonal documentation or official record-keeping. The artist's intention may be to comment on the bureaucratic nature of modern life or the dehumanizing effects of systems that reduce individuals to numerical data. ...

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Paolo Colombo
Artist
Paolo Colombo
B.1949, Italian

Paolo Colombo illustrates with exactness a lyrical series of moments in his paintings, each holding the intensity of a world. Working with watercolors and pencil drawings. Colombo balances his simple language with a highly technical visual method. Word-based and image-focused works are illuminated through fundamental forms such as the dot, the line, and the square. Paolo Colombo’s passion for texture together with an appreciation for Byzantine and folk arts is also alive in the works. In his later watercolors, often comprised of two or more sheets butting against each other, the lettering and the painted stars and diamonds appear as embroidery, and in consistency with this, the texture of the paper resembles that of cloth. The artist lives and works in Athens, Greece. ...

Paolo Colombo: Artworks
Bisogna Scrivere
Paolo Colombo
Bisogna Scrivere, 1978
100 x 142cm
Untitled
Paolo Colombo
Untitled, 2020
76 x 95cm
Untitled
Paolo Colombo
Untitled, 2021
46 x 38.5 x 4cm
Untitled
Paolo Colombo
Untitled, 2018
130 x 168cm
Piccole Mitologie
Paolo Colombo
Piccole Mitologie, 1979
114 x 154cm
Blushing Aphrodite
Paolo Colombo
Blushing Aphrodite, 2021
125 x 87 x 4cm
Theodora
Paolo Colombo
Theodora, 2022
125.7 x 87.6cm
Untitled (Hares)
Paolo Colombo
Untitled (Hares), 2021
68 x 164.5cm
Untitled (Hummingbirds)
Paolo Colombo
Untitled (Hummingbirds), 2021
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Baert Gallery
Gallery
Baert Gallery
Los Angeles

Founded in 2016, Baert Gallery maintains a distinct focus on bridging the historical legacies and artistic sensibilities of Europe and Los Angeles. Working with a roster of emerging artists, the gallery is committed to showcasing a diverse program of work that engages complex philosophical, critical, and political concepts while challenging settled and conventional aesthetic expectations. Located in Los Angeles’ Arts District, the gallery is dedicated to fostering and promoting the region’s unique art scene in a spirit of local cooperation and in dedication to mindful sensitivity towards its broader geographical and social milieu. ...

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