Carlo Maria Mariani

Caerimonia

October 30 - November 29, 1997
Opening Reception, Thursday, October 30, from 6 - 8 p.m..

We are pleased to announce our exhibition of Carlo Maria Mariani's new paintings opening at the gallery on October 30, 1997.

Carlo Maria Mariani is renowned around the world for his unique synthesis of conceptual and figurative painting. Mariani's canvases are characterized by a sophisticated and often biting wit which is countered by the extraordinary beauty of his figurative painting. He is one of the few contemporary painters who instead of merely appropriating or reiterating the art of the past, his paintings consistently instigate vital and critical dialogues between classical, modern and contemporary aesthetics. For this reason Mariani's work has been at the forefront of contemporary painting for over two decades.

Mariani's painting has been the subject of numerous articles and essays by some of the most important critics and historians including: Donald Kuspit, Edward LucieSmith, Thomas McEviley, Howard Fox and David Ebony. A fully illustrated catalog, with an essay by David Bourdon, accompanies the exhibition. Donald Kuspit, in Idiosyncratic Identities (Cambridge, 1996) describes him as " . . . a conceptualist: he is obsessed by the idea of beauty - intellectual beauty and the philosophy of beauty - and the classical bodies he uses are so many exemplifications of it, not physical ends in themselves ... His pictures are about the failure of modem life and art to give us a sense of self we need for the long run."

Mariani has represented Italy in the Venice Biennale three times in recent years. His work has been presented in numerous solo gallery exhibitions in Europe and the United States including Hirschl & Adler Modem and Sperone Westwater in New York. International museums such as The Museum of Modem Art, New York; The Pompidou Center, Paris; The Hirshorn Museum, Washington D.C.; The Los Angeles County Museum of Art; and Documenta VII in Kassell, Germany; have included his work in major exhibitions. Carlo Maria Mariani lives and works in New York.


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Ian Harvey

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