Stop Painting

The project explores a series of breaking moments in the history of painting over the last 150 years, in relation to the emergence of new social factors and cultural values. The exhibition also intends to understand whether the current digital revolution can be at the origin of a new crisis in painting or, on the contrary, can contribute to its renewal.

The exhibition – made up of 10 sections – is conceived as a plurality of narratives told by the artist himself in the first person. The exhibition itinerary begins on the ground floor of Ca ‘Corner della Regina with a new site-specific work by Fischli, a reduced-scale model of the entire project, defined by the artist as “a sculpture of a painting exhibition”. “Stop Painting” brings together more than 110 works and develops on the first noble floor of the building following a personal and idiosyncratic approach and avoiding presenting the works according to a simple chronological order. The set-up consists of a system of temporary walls that cross and dissect the exhibition spaces, passing through the thresholds that connect the different rooms. The works of more than 80 artists, also set up on the ground floor, in the courtyard and on the stairs of Ca ‘Corner della Regina, form the converging plots that make up the “Stop Painting” exhibition.