Mazzoleni has brought together two of Italian avant-garde artist Piero Manzoni’s most well-known series of works, his Achromes (1957–1963) and Linee (1959–1963), for a major exhibition at its Mayfair-based London outpost. “Piero Manzoni. Achromes: Linea Infinita” marks the anniversary of Manzoni’s death on February 6, 1963 at the age of 29 and also forms part of a series of exhibitions celebrating the 30th anniversary of Mazzoleni in 2016.“Piero Manzoni is one of the founding fathers of conceptual art and our show is the first to look uniquely at his Achromes and Linee series, both of which deal with his fascination with infinity,” says Luigi Mazzoleni, Director of Mazzoleni Art. “Manzoni was a radical and witty artist whose works still influence artists today. The questions his works raise about what makes an artist are as relevant to the art market today as they ever were.”In his 1960 text “Free Dimension,” Manzoni stated that “this indefinite surface, uniquely alive, even if in the material contingency the work cannot be infinite, is, however, infinitable, infinitely repeatable, without a solution of continuity.” “Piero Manzoni. Achromes: Linea Infinita” focuses on the artist’s “Achromes” and “Linee” as a means of highlighting his commitment to creating a link between materials and this idea of the “infinite.”In addition to a recently rediscovered and previously unexhibited example of artist’s single line “Linea,” highlights of the exhibition include two rarely exhibited “Achromes,” his series of infinitely repeatable “colourless surfaces,” and a key example of the “Line of Infinite Length” series. Also on show is a wide collection of unseen archival material, including Manzoni’s own handwritten letters and notes, rare exhibition catalogues and invitation cards, and photographs of the artist at work.“In recent years there has been a real revival of interest in the Italian avant-garde,” Luigi states. “This means that Arte Povera, Italian Minimalism and Post-War Italian Art are all being re-considered in their international context, as influencers and innovators and not just as isolated movements. In addition, a lot of Post-War Italian works have the tripartite appeal of being of interest to collectors and curators as well as being accessible to the general viewer.”“Piero Manzoni. Achromes: Linea Infinita” is at Mazzoleni London until April 9
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