Giulio Paolini

(Italian, born 1940)

Giulio Paolini is an Italian artist linked to the Arte Povera movement whose practice explores the relationship between artist and object. Unlike many of his peers, Paolini often directly cites art of the past as a major influence and contributing subject in his works. This pronounced use of art history serves to highlight notions about the connectedness of past and present, as well as replication and originality. “I am attracted even to those works [of Giorgio de Chirico] that critics generally despise, the ones after his Metaphysical period,” Paolini explained. “He is an artist who has always worked for himself, indifferent to the critiques and mockery that his work has elicited.” Born on November 5, 1940 in Genoa, Italy, he went on to study graphic design at the Giambattista Bodoni State Industrial Technical School of Graphics and Photography. By the 1970s, he increasingly focused on a comprehensive investigation of the artistic canon, reproducing details from Diego Velázquez and Praxiteles. The artist lives and works in Turin, Italy. Today, Paolini’s works are held in the collections of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, and the Tate Modern in London, among others.

Giulio Paolini Artworks

Giulio Paolini (771 results)
Studio per Eco e Narciso, 1980

Giulio Paolini

Studio per Eco e Narciso, 1980

Sale Date: November 27, 2015

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Untitled

Giulio Paolini

Untitled

Sale Date: October 30, 2015

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L'exile du cigne

Giulio Paolini

L'exile du cigne

Sale Date: October 30, 2015

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Indice delle opere inscritto in un motivo..., 1972

Giulio Paolini

Indice delle opere inscritto in un motivo..., 1972

Sale Date: November 11, 2015

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Il Vero, 1971–1972

Giulio Paolini

Il Vero, 1971–1972

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Senza titolo, 1974

Giulio Paolini

Senza titolo, 1974

Sale Date: November 11, 2015

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Senza titolo, 2008

Giulio Paolini

Senza titolo, 2008

Sale Date: November 3, 2015

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Casa di Lucrezio, 1984

Giulio Paolini

Casa di Lucrezio, 1984

Sale Date: October 16, 2015

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Apollo e Dafne, 1971

Giulio Paolini

Apollo e Dafne, 1971

Sale Date: October 16, 2015

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Parnaso, 1977–1978

Giulio Paolini

Parnaso, 1977–1978

Sale Date: October 16, 2015

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Mimesi, 1975

Giulio Paolini

Mimesi, 1975

Sale Date: September 23, 2015

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Untitled, 1940

Giulio Paolini

Untitled, 1940

Sale Date: June 11, 2015

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Senza titolo, 1981

Giulio Paolini

Senza titolo, 1981

Sale Date: June 11, 2015

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Palais de Thes

Giulio Paolini

Palais de Thes

Sale Date: May 30, 2015

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Eclisse (II), 1976

Giulio Paolini

Eclisse (II), 1976

Sale Date: June 11, 2015

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Untitled (for Alighiero)

Giulio Paolini

Untitled (for Alighiero)

Sale Date: May 6, 2015

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Senza titolo, 1985

Giulio Paolini

Senza titolo, 1985

Sale Date: April 29, 2015

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Orison, 1976

Giulio Paolini

Orison, 1976

Sale Date: April 24, 2015

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Due quadroti, 1940

Giulio Paolini

Due quadroti, 1940

Sale Date: April 28, 2015

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Studio per

Giulio Paolini

Studio per "sulla soglia"(alla finestra), 2011–2012

Sale Date: April 21, 2015

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Le chiavi del museo

Giulio Paolini

Le chiavi del museo

Sale Date: March 18, 2015

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Senza Titolo, 1976

Giulio Paolini

Senza Titolo, 1976

Sale Date: November 27, 2014

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Senza titolo, 1977

Giulio Paolini

Senza titolo, 1977

Sale Date: December 16, 2014

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Senza titolo, 1993

Giulio Paolini

Senza titolo, 1993

Sale Date: December 16, 2014

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