Painting with a white background on which tiny figures and writings are arranged.
Baruchello comes to painting after having trained in Paris in the 1950s and having been in contact with Man Ray, Max Ernst and Marcel Duchamp. His works, usually large 2x2 panels, are characterized by a crowding of tiny images, by a heterogeneity of materials and words. The work represents a multi-directional narration: from a distance you can perceive the overall vision of the work, from close you can distinguish even the smallest detail. The observation of this work thus becomes a performative action, where the viewer is involved and called to see, remember, question and put together the pieces arranged by the author on the canvas. A fruition that never runs out. The work, exhibited at the 1st Biennial of the Progressive Museum of Contemporary Art in Livorno together with some data to be introduced into the heart's computer (1974) by the same author, was donated in 1976 by the artist to his hometown (of Baruchello is also present at Bottini dell'Olio in cold fact).
Title: Besides she is she and I'm I and, oh dear, how puzzling it all is
Author: Gianfranco Baruchello
Date: 1964
Technique: Acrylic and collage on canvas
Displayed in: Museum of the City of Livorno
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