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Giuseppe CapogrossiGiuseppe Capogrossi Iconic Comb Design "Superficie 324" Serigrafia1988
1988
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"Superficie 324" is a 1988 screen print (serigraph) of a 1959 painting by Capogrossi. This is one of his famous "comb" or "fork" works that he perfected in the 1950s and continued to create for the remainder of his life. The blocks of primary red and yellow colors give a bright, joyful feel and contrast to the strong bold black that was Capogrossi's consistent color for the "combs". With no allegorical, psychological, or symbolic meanings, these structural elements could be assembled and connected in countless variations. Intricate and insistent, Capogrossi's signs determined the construction of the pictorial surface. This piece is identified along one side: Giuseppe Capogrossi By SIAE 1988 Silvio Zamorani Editor Via Saccarelli, 9 10144 Torino Italy Tel. (39)(11) 4730554 Progetto Grafico (Graphic Project): Studio Walter Benjamin. Serigrafia (Screen Print): BISI Torino.
Capogrossi was born in Rome. After obtaining a degree in law in 1923–1924, he decided to study painting with Felice Carena at Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma. In 1927 Capogrossi embarked on a formative trip to Paris together with fellow artists and acquaintances Fausto Pirandello, Corrado Cagli and Emanuele Cavalli. They worked in a figurative style characterized by pale and ethereal tones, which endowed their compositions with a mysterious, almost magical aura. The three artists were among the loose association of painters that came to be known as Scuola Romana (Roman School). In 1933 they collaborated on the "Manifesto del primordialismo plastico" (Manifesto of plastic primordialism), in which they discussed the presence of the archaic in the contemporary world. From the mid-1930s, Capogrossi adopted a darker palette, and between 1945 and 1948 his figurative tonal painting gave way to an increasingly abstract geometric style.
A decisive shift in Capogrossi's career took place in 1949, when he developed a vocabulary of irregular comb- or fork-shaped designs. Similar to mysterious lists or sequences, his paintings were immediate in their appeal yet remained hard to decode, a quality he shared with Art Informel practitioners. These abstract comb-sign paintings, usually known simply as Surfaces (Superficies), were begun in 1949 and first exhibited at the Galleria del secolo, Rome, in 1950. Soon becoming the hallmark of Capogrossi's style, the comb sign dominated his oeuvre until the end of his career.
In 1951, Capogrossi joined Mario Ballocco, Alberto Burri, and Ettore Colla in showing work at Aurora 41, Rome, an occasion that marked the debut of the group Origine (Origin, 1950–51). Primarily concerned with the promotion of abstract art, the group reacted against mainstream realist practices and advocated a simplified language meant to return art to its origins. The following year, Capogrossi joined the Movimento spaziale (Spatial movement, 1947–60), initiated by Lucio Fontana in Milan. Readily embracing the many changes affecting the country in the postwar era, especially scientific progress, the group advocated for a new spatial art that acknowledged recent inventions such as television and neon lighting.
Capogrossi's singularity was recognized both in Italy and abroad, and he took part in group exhibitions at Galerie Nina Dausset, Paris (1951); Guggenheim Museum (1953); Venice Biennale (1954, 1962); Documenta, Kassel, West Germany (1955, 1959); Carnegie International, Pittsburgh (1958, 1961); and Tate Gallery, London (1964). Capogrossi has also been the subject of numerous solo shows at institutions including the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London (1957); Leo Castelli Gallery, New York (1958); Palais des beaux-arts, Brussels (1959); and Galleria L'attico, Rome (1962). Capogrossi died on October 9, 1972, in Rome. Two years later the Galleria nazionale d'arte moderna, Rome, organized his first major posthumous retrospective.
- Creator:Giuseppe Capogrossi
- Creation Year:1988
- Dimensions:Height: 40.25 in (102.24 cm)Width: 55.25 in (140.34 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Detroit, MI
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU1286111560142
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