Paolo Scheggi: Selected Works from European Collections

Ronchini Gallery and Galleria d’Arte Niccoli present Paolo Scheggi: Selected Works from European Collections, the first solo exhibition of works by Paolo Scheggi in London for over 40 years. This monumental exhibition will present key works from Scheggi’s short, but prolific artistic career.

Paolo Scheggi  is most renowned for his monochromatic works of overlapping canvases, which he referred to as Intersuperfici or Zone Riflesse (curved intersurfaces and reflected areas). Scheggi’s volumetric works are most notable for pioneering the idea of ‘painting as object’, as noted by Gillo Dorfles in his essay “Pittura-oggetto a Milano”. He codified this concept in 1966 in an exhibition having the same title held at the Galleria Arco D’Alibert, Rome. This exhibition featured work by Scheggi alongside the artists: Lucio Fontana, Agostino Bonalumi and Enrico Castellani; and a catalogue that included essays by Gillo Dorfles and Germano Celant.

Between sculpture and painting, Scheggi’s three-dimensional works represent the physicality of the canvas in a poetic manner.  Both transcendental and existential, with their concave and deeply shadowed layers of canvas, his works are both captivating to look at and conceptual.

Ronchini Gallery’s exhibition will present an exceptional collection of works exploring Scheggi’s fundamental motifs; a rare opportunity to view some of this artist’s most iconic pieces.

In January 2014, a fully illustrated catalogue will be published to accompany the exhibition.