Claudio Parmiggiani & Permanent Collection - Museum Admission
The Estorick Collection presents the first ever institutional UK exhibition dedicated to pioneering contemporary Italian master Claudio Parmiggiani (b. Luzzara, 1943).
Featuring selected works from the past 50 years, the exhibition highlights the artist’s distinctive exploration of themes of memory, absence and silence in his “search for an image, object or assemblage that transcends time and individual experience to evoke a universal, existential truth”.
After the Second World War, during a period of crisis for traditional figurative art, Parmiggiani developed a visual language that was both deeply personal and profoundly universal. His innovative approach positioned him as a pioneer of his time, redefining artistic ex
At the heart of the exhibition are the Delocazioni (Italian for ‘displacements’) that employ smoke and soot to create ghostly impressions of negative space left by objects such as bottles, books and the human form. Originally conceived in the 1970s, this has become one of Parmiggiani’s most emblematic techniques.
The exhibition features both monumental and more intimate works from this iconic series. The panels on show impressions of the burned remains of a library, windows and other recurring motifs in Parmiggiani’s work. Reminiscent of photograms but more fragile and evocative, these contemplative works function as poetic meditations on memory.
Also on view are works on paper and sculptural assemblages that the artist describes as “sculpted paintings”.
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The Estorick Collection presents the first ever institutional UK exhibition dedicated to pioneering contemporary Italian master Claudio Parmiggiani (b. Luzzara, 1943).
Featuring selected works from the past 50 years, the exhibition highlights the artist’s distinctive exploration of themes of memory, absence and silence in his “search for an image, object or assemblage that transcends time and individual experience to evoke a universal, existential truth”.
After the Second World War, during a period of crisis for traditional figurative art, Parmiggiani developed a visual language that was both deeply personal and profoundly universal. His innovative approach positioned him as a pioneer of his time, redefining artistic ex
At the heart of the exhibition are the Delocazioni (Italian for ‘displacements’) that employ smoke and soot to create ghostly impressions of negative space left by objects such as bottles, books and the human form. Originally conceived in the 1970s, this has become one of Parmiggiani’s most emblematic techniques.
The exhibition features both monumental and more intimate works from this iconic series. The panels on show impressions of the burned remains of a library, windows and other recurring motifs in Parmiggiani’s work. Reminiscent of photograms but more fragile and evocative, these contemplative works function as poetic meditations on memory.
Also on view are works on paper and sculptural assemblages that the artist describes as “sculpted paintings”.
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