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)
Senza titolo, 1975

Giulio Paolini

Senza titolo, 1975

Sale Date: November 21, 1995

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Senza titolo, 1974

Giulio Paolini

Senza titolo, 1974

Sale Date: October 26, 1995

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Senza titolo, 1973

Giulio Paolini

Senza titolo, 1973

Sale Date: October 26, 1995

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Rettangolo blu, 1976

Giulio Paolini

Rettangolo blu, 1976

Sale Date: June 29, 1995

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Antologia, 1974

Giulio Paolini

Antologia, 1974

Sale Date: June 28, 1995

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Senza titolo, 1993

Giulio Paolini

Senza titolo, 1993

Sale Date: June 22, 1995

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Prologo, 1994

Giulio Paolini

Prologo, 1994

Sale Date: June 22, 1995

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L'altra figura, 1984

Giulio Paolini

L'altra figura, 1984

Sale Date: May 4, 1995

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Mimesi, 1975

Giulio Paolini

Mimesi, 1975

Sale Date: March 15, 1995

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Suite n.3, 1976

Giulio Paolini

Suite n.3, 1976

Sale Date: March 10, 1995

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Studio per 'Liber veritatis', 1979

Giulio Paolini

Studio per 'Liber veritatis', 1979

Sale Date: January 30, 1995

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Opus incertum, 1991

Giulio Paolini

Opus incertum, 1991

Sale Date: December 21, 1994

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Idem VI, 1976

Giulio Paolini

Idem VI, 1976

Sale Date: December 1, 1994

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Aposteosi di omero, 1970–1971

Giulio Paolini

Aposteosi di omero, 1970–1971

Sale Date: December 1, 1994

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Anagramma, 1977

Giulio Paolini

Anagramma, 1977

Sale Date: November 8, 1994

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Untitled, 1961–1962

Giulio Paolini

Untitled, 1961–1962

Sale Date: June 30, 1994

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MIMESI, 1975

Giulio Paolini

MIMESI, 1975

Sale Date: June 30, 1994

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LA VISIONE E SIMMETRICA?, 1972

Giulio Paolini

LA VISIONE E SIMMETRICA?, 1972

Sale Date: June 29, 1994

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Senza titolo, 1992

Giulio Paolini

Senza titolo, 1992

Sale Date: June 21, 1994

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Contemplator Enim

Giulio Paolini

Contemplator Enim

Sale Date: January 29, 1994

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Dal Triomfo della Raprresentazione, 1986

Giulio Paolini

Dal Triomfo della Raprresentazione, 1986

Sale Date: January 29, 1994

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LA DOUBLURE (UNA SIMMETRIA NOMINALE NON , 1972–1973

Giulio Paolini

LA DOUBLURE (UNA SIMMETRIA NOMINALE NON , 1972–1973

Sale Date: December 3, 1993

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Untitled, 1975–1976

Giulio Paolini

Untitled, 1975–1976

Sale Date: December 3, 1993

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ANTE LITTERAM, 1985

Giulio Paolini

ANTE LITTERAM, 1985

Sale Date: December 2, 1993

Auction Closed