MIMMO PALADINO (Paduli, Italy, 1948).
Untitled, 1992, from the series "Olympic Suite".
Silkscreen on 270 grams Vélin d'Arches paper, copy 110/250.
Signed and justified by hand.
This work is part of the "Suite Olympic Centennial", complete edition 110/250, which will be auctioned on 27 September 2022, in 50 consecutive lots from numbers 35245230 to 35245280.
Measurements: 90 x 63 cm.
The Olympic Suite is made up of 50 lithographs and serigraphs chosen to represent various contemporary artistic trends. It was published to commemorate the first centenary of modern Olympism. The artists chosen work in very diverse movements and styles, from the hyperrealism of Antonio López to the abstraction of Sol Lewitt, including abstract expressionism, the geometrism of Arden Quin, conceptual art, pop art, the new realism of Baldaccini and Rotella, and the new fauvism of Dokoupil, among others. Among the artists represented there are creators of great international renown, widely recognised by the critics.
Paladino is one of the main exponents of the trans-avant-garde, a movement founded by Achille Bonito Oliva in 1980 which is characterised by a return to painting, after the various conceptual and minimalist trends that developed in the 1970s. His works are permanently exhibited in some of the most important international museums, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Guggenheim in New York, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Detroit Institute of Arts, the Tate and the Royal Academy in London, the Museum of Modern Irish Art in Dublin, the MACBA in Barcelona, the Kiasma in Helsinki, the Palazzo delle Arti in Naples and the MOCA in Shanghai. Most recently, a show has been held in Lima at the Sala Luis Miró Quesasa Garland with 28 of his works.