Giulio Paolini (Genova, 1940 – )
In addition to the maintenance and conservation of spaces and artworks, managing the spaces of Celle also means reserving quality places for those artists who might eventually become involved in the project. Thus, in the event of a no-show by the interested party, it may happen that the invitation can be extended to another top-level artist.
When Giulio Paolini arrived in 1983 looking for an indoor site, the southwest corner room of the Villa was still available. He subjected the space to a deconstruction that fits Renato Barilli’s description of “a lacerated Neoclassicism.”
For his work, the artist conducted a careful analysis of the room’s features and was particularly struck by the rectangular door’s black-line outline. This led him to trace black charcoal lines along the walls where he attached laurel leaves gathered in the Celle park and other “leaves” he cut out of some drawings on paper. It is the composition of these gestures that creates the pendant referred to in the title.
