(born in Genoa in 1940)
Niente e subito, 2006, 2 plexiglass forms, 1 paper, 1 black pencil, unique unnumbered piece, from the edition of 6 all of them considered as unique
Form A: 120 x 40 x 40 cm
Form B: 116 x 32 x 32 cm
Paper: 30 x 30 cm

The work is registered in Archivio Giulio Paolini, curated by Maddalena Disch and will be included in the forthcoming Catalogo Ragionato currently being prepared

We are grateful to Maddalena Disch for her kind assistance with cataloguing the work

Provenance:
Atelier of the artist;
Marco Noire Contemporary Art, Turin
Galleria Pio Monti, Rome; there acquired by the present owner
European Private Collection

Exhibited:
Milan, Giulio Paolini, Gio’ Marconi Gallery, May/July 2007 (ex. 2/6)
Bologna, Giulio Paolini, Immacolata Concezione-Senza titolo/Senza Autore, Studio G7, January/March 2008 (ex. 4/6)
London, Giulio Paolini, Lisson Gallery, November 2008/March 2009 (ex. 3/6)
Zurich, Giulio Paolini Aula di Disegno (Happy days), October/November (4/6)
Milan, Giulio Paolini-Raccolta di Opere, ArteValori, June/July 2014, cat. pp. 28–29 with ill. (ex. 5/6)
London, Giulio Paolini, to Be or Not to Be, Whitechapel Gallery, September 2014, cat. p. 141 (ex. 3/6)
Rivoli, Intenzione manifesta. Il disegno in tutte le sue forme, Castello di Rivoli Museo di Arte Contemporanea, October 2014/January 2015, cat. p. 127 (ex. 4/6)
Milan, Manifesto-Protagonisti, ArteValori, November 2014 (ex.5/6)

Literature:
Carte Noir, Noire Editions 1980/2015, Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, Cologne 2016 with ill.

Two rectangular plexiglass boxes, one within the other, enclose a black pencil atop the internal box and a sheet of drawing paper at the bottom.

The “nothing” called out in the title (altered by the contrast with the phrase “everything and now”) finds its image in the silent motionlessness of void and distance. Nothing happens, all is quiet.

The pencil and sheet lie motionless, as if suspended, awaiting contact. The “nothing” which explicitly exposes itself to our gaze and the drawing implements which occupy the place of the object of representation, span latent potential extending to any possible image.