Essaouria 94, 2004
oil on linoleum
120 × 270 cm
Autenticated artwork
(published in Catalogue Raisonné vol. 1 p. 82)
A touching tribute to the close friend and companion in research Alighiero Boetti, with whom Mondino shared many passions, especially that of travel in the Orient. After Boetti’s untimely death in 1994, Mondino dedicated the cycle of paintings Ali-Ali-Alighiero to him, made over the span of one decade. The sky in the triptych is that of Essaouira, the Moroccan city much loved by both artists, and the flight of gulls references Boetti’s famous airplanes, as well as the skies often shown to mark the end of a film.
120 × 270 cm
Autenticated artwork
(published in Catalogue Raisonné vol. 1 p. 82)
A touching tribute to the close friend and companion in research Alighiero Boetti, with whom Mondino shared many passions, especially that of travel in the Orient. After Boetti’s untimely death in 1994, Mondino dedicated the cycle of paintings Ali-Ali-Alighiero to him, made over the span of one decade. The sky in the triptych is that of Essaouira, the Moroccan city much loved by both artists, and the flight of gulls references Boetti’s famous airplanes, as well as the skies often shown to mark the end of a film.
EXHIBITIONS
«Aldo Mondino. Moderno, postmoderno, contemporaneo», Museo d'arte contemporanea Villa Croce, Palazzo della Meridiana; installazioni site-specific: Palazzo Ducale, Palazzo Rosso, Palazzo Bianco, Palazzo Reale, Casa di Colombo, Acquario di Genova, Genova (GE), curated by Ilaria Bonacossa, September 24 - November 27, 2016.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
A. Fiz (edited by), «Aldo Mondino. Calpestar le uova!», exhibition catalogue (Alessandria, Palazzo Monferrato e Palazzo Cuttica e Casale Monferrato (Alessandria), Museo della Sinagoga, October 31 - November 30, 2008), Silvana Editoriale, Cinisello Balsamo, MI, 2008, p. 94.
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