Contemporary Artwork G. Pardi 1969 Untitled Inkwell on Paper - Untitled 1969

Artist: Gianfranco Pardi (1933-2012)

Born in Milan in 1933, in 1959 Gianfranco Pardi held his first solo show in Brescia, at the Alberti Gallery, while the following year he was hosted by the Colonna Gallery in Milan. During the 1960s he developed a style that integrated drawing, painting, sculpture and architecture. His participation in the collective exhibition La figuration narrative dans l'art contemporain in Paris dates back to 1965. In 1967 he began his collaboration with Studio Marconi in Milan and dedicated himself to the creation of works that are a reinterpretation of the historical avant-gardes such as Abstractionism, Suprematism, Constructivism and Neoplasticism. In the 1970s he develops in his architecture the desire to build and found a space through painting, as he believes that this means of expression can immediately produce the idea. His works develop through geometric signs and gestures which, together with a few colors, help him to express the concept of constructiveness. In 1974, and later in 1993, he took part in the XXVII Biennial at the Palazzo della Permanente in Milan. In 1979 he collaborated with Gianni Colombo and Emilio Tadini on the Borgotondo project, a playground built in Mirandola for the International Year of the Child. He repeatedly exhibits in various Italian exhibitions. Between the end of the 1980s and the early 1990s, he created the works in the Cinema, Monk and Maschere series, focusing on the use of iron supports. In 1998 the Palazzo Reale in Milan hosted a personal exhibition of his and the following year a series of important exhibitions were organized in Germany. He continues to be present in numerous Italian exhibitions and during his career he creates numerous sculptures for public and private spaces.

Age: Contemporary

Contemporary

Subject: Study

Artistic technique: Drawing

Il disegno è il processo di tracciare segni su una superficie tramite l'applicazione di una pressione o il trascinamento di un apposito strumento sulla superficie. Gli strumenti sono: matite in grafite o colorate, penna, pennelli fini con inchiostro, pastelli a cera o carboncini; i supporti tradizionali più frequenti sono carta, cartoncino, tavola, muro, tela, rame, vetro.

Technical specification: Ink