The Marconi Foundation is pleased to present an exhibition by Gianfranco Pardi.
Pardi began to reflect on architecture as early as the late Sixties with works representing architectural interiors and exteriors such as Ceilings, Terraces, Hanging gardens, etc. then followed by different expressive forms with a special focus on shape and space.
On May 23, 1967 Studio Marconi presented the first solo show by Gianfranco Pardi. With these words the artist recalled the reaction of the public to his works: "On the invitation card I sent for the exhibition opening at Marconi’s, there was the reproduction of one of my paintings, where a series of columns were suspended in the air from the ceiling, as there was no floor. I noticed that a lot of people instictively turned it upside down, even though the words printed on the card clearly indicated the right position. Maybe, that way was more reassuring for them. When I’m working I don’t need to distort the real elements from which I’ve started. Instead, I cut them and do something like an amputation.”
Among the works on display there will be: Ceilings, Stairs, Terraces, Hanging gardens whose architectural fragments evoke the surrounding space as if looking at a cropped film strip.
The starting point here is an amplification of that sort of unbearebleness that we might feel living in an artificial environment.