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Biography<\/h1>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>
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\"\"A brief biography<\/em><\/p>\n

Paolo Scirpa (1934 – 2025) was one of the leading figures in the object-kinetic trends linked to the values of constructivism and neoplasticism, right up to the most recent applications in the field of technology.
\nHis work has always taken the dimension of an inner quest, outside any forms of restrictive categorization.
\nFrom the 1970s, he moved from a two-dimensional iconography to the modularity of an objective space, transformed by light and mirrors into a poly-objective format.
\nHis work moved towards a dimension in which light and space become the immaterial and spectacular principal themes. The artist evidently wishes to depict not so much real light, as “ideal” light, namely the idea of infinity, and so he therefore uses the means available to him, fluorescent tubes and mirrors.
\nThis led to the invention of his Ludoscopes, three-dimensional works that present the perception of a fictitious depth, towards luminous hyperspaces in which the boundary between reality and illusion no longer exists. Bruno Munari also commented on the playful and ironic dimension of these works. Scirpa’s virtual spaces attracted attention from scholars of art and science.
\nOver the course of the years, he has also created large works highlighting the negative aspects of consumerist society, as well as installations, and paintings which could be described as two-dimensional depictions of his Ludoscopes.
\nIn the 1980s, he began working on design themes, inserting his bottomless wells into various episodes of architecture and other prestigious locations.<\/p>\n

He has exhibited at the\u00a0Salon Grands et Jeunes d\u2019aujourd\u2019hui in Paris, at the\u00a09th and 13th Quadriennial Exhibitions in Rome, at\u00a0Palazzo dei Diamanti (Ferrara), and more recently at\u00a0ZKM Zentrum f\u00fcr Kunst und Medientechnologie (Karlsruhe), at\u00a0Neue Galerie (Graz), at\u00a0MART Museo d\u2019Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, at\u00a0La Galleria Nazionale (Rome), at\u00a0MACRO Museo d\u2019Arte Contemporanea and \u00a0at\u00a0Farnesina (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Rome), at Museum Ritter (Waldenbuch),\u00a0at MACBA (Buenos Aires),\u00a0at\u00a0MACLA (La Plata),\u00a0at\u00a0GR Gallery (New York),\u00a0at\u00a0MUO (Zagabria),\u00a0at Instituto Tomie Ohtake (San Paolo del Brasile),\u00a0at\u00a0Centro Cultural Oscar Niemeyer (Brasilia),\u00a0at\u00a0Fondazione Carlos Cruz Diez (Panama) and\u00a0at\u00a0MACA Museo Arte contemporanea (Acri, CS).<\/p>\n

His works are present in many museums and collections\u00a0including Museo del Novecento (Milan), Gallerie d’Italia (Milan), Civiche Raccolte Stampe Achille Bertarelli (Castello Sforzesco, Milan), Biblioteca dell\u2019Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera (Milan), MAPP Museo d\u2019Arte Paolo Pini (Milan), MAGA Museo Arte Gallarate (Milan), VAF-Stiftung (MART Trento\/Rovereto), La Galleria Nazionale and Farnesina (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Rome), MAC Museo d’Arte Contemporanea (Gibellina), Museum (Bagheria), Fabbriche Chiaramontane (Agrigento), Museum Ritter (Waldenbuch) and Mus\u00e9e des Beaux Arts (Caen).<\/p>\n

He has made works for public and private spaces and churches.<\/p>\n

Scirpa\u00b4s works have been included in scenographies and shows of various kinds, both televised and theatrical: among other things, in 2015, the INDA National Institute of Ancient Drama of Syracuse entrusts him with the realization of the Manifesto of the 51st Cycle of Classical Shows and, in 2016, the Milano Musica Festival chooses its Ludoscopes to interpret the Music of the composer G\u00e9rard Grisey.<\/p>\n

Scirpa has taught at the Brera Fine Arts Academy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>

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