Domenico Gnoli.GALLERIA CIVICA Domenico Gnoli (1993-70) spent much of his life away from his native Italy and thus left few works in the land of his birth. For that reason, Italian museums rarely revisit re·vis·it tr.v. re·vis·it·ed, re·vis·it·ing, re·vis·its To visit again. n. A second or repeated visit. re the output of this seminal postwar artist, making this exhibition, comprising thirty paintings, sixty drawings, and ten etchings, among the most noteworthy in this season. Gnoli's paintings couple meticulous realism and comic-book irony, and his almost pathological eye magnifies the most inconspicuous in·con·spic·u·ous adj. Not readily noticeable. in  con·spic details--lending the buttonhole but·ton·holen. 1. A short straight surgical cut made through the wall of a cavity or canal. 2. The contraction of an orifice down to a narrow slit, as in mitral stenosis. of a jacket, or the part in a subject's hair, an unexpected gravity and presence. Organized by Walter Guadagnini, this retrospective comes with a catalogue featuring an essay by Achille Bonito Oliva Achille Bonito Oliva, (November 4, 1939) is a highly recognized and respected Italian contemporary art critic, author of essays on mannerism, and a teacher of History of Contemporary Art at La Sapienza University in Rome. . Jan. 28-Mar. 25. |
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