The artist portrayed himself "by subtraction"
Emilio Isgrò next to Raphael and Canova at the Uffizi Gallery
Emilio Isgro?, ‘Dichiaro di non essere Emilio Isgro?’, 1971 (parte di un'installazione di sette fogli)
E. Bramati
17/05/2014
Florence - The Associazione Amici deli Uffizi has donated to Gallery in Florence a new work, which officially joined the famous collection of self-portraits on May 16, 2014.
It is a self-representation of conceptual artist Emilio Isgrò, created in 1971 and titled "Dichiaro di non essere Emilio Isgrò" (I declare not to be Emilio Isgrò).
The artist from Sicily, who became famous for his "erasures", will be displayed in one of the most famous museums in the world with an installation of seven sheets of silkscreen paper, on which he denies his own identity through the transcription of statements prounced by himself or by his family.
"My brother left a long time ago, he was much younger " writes his sister, Maria Rosaria.
"A son named Emilio? I have never had one" is the simple and concise statement of his father Giuseppe.
"It can not be him. My brother never wore a beard", says Bruno Isgrò .
This self-portrait , which will be exhibited next to the well-known faces of Raphael, Canova, Guido Reni, Annibale Carracci and many others, is defined by subtraction, through other people's rejection and amnesia, until the final paradox of self-denial.
It is a self-representation of conceptual artist Emilio Isgrò, created in 1971 and titled "Dichiaro di non essere Emilio Isgrò" (I declare not to be Emilio Isgrò).
The artist from Sicily, who became famous for his "erasures", will be displayed in one of the most famous museums in the world with an installation of seven sheets of silkscreen paper, on which he denies his own identity through the transcription of statements prounced by himself or by his family.
"My brother left a long time ago, he was much younger " writes his sister, Maria Rosaria.
"A son named Emilio? I have never had one" is the simple and concise statement of his father Giuseppe.
"It can not be him. My brother never wore a beard", says Bruno Isgrò .
This self-portrait , which will be exhibited next to the well-known faces of Raphael, Canova, Guido Reni, Annibale Carracci and many others, is defined by subtraction, through other people's rejection and amnesia, until the final paradox of self-denial.
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