Friday, February 29, 2008

MICHELANGELO PISTOLETTO

italian artist michelangelo pistoletto is currently showing at galleria continua, in beijing. the artist's work makes use of mirrors or mirrored surfaces, often with paintings of life-size figures overlaid. the current show features a new body of works that display references to his past work while expanding on it. occupying the main exhibition space is 'labyrinth', a 5m white cube centered in a room filled with a corrugated cardboard maze. the white cube is lined with mirrors on its interior. 2100 meters of
cardboard wee used to construct the piece.


'the labyrinth' 1969-2007


'the cubic meter of infinity in a mirroring cube' 1966-2007



'black and light, white and dark perspective' 2007

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