Ffirst monograph on Argentinian artist Santiago de Paoli.
Covering de Paoli's oeuvre from his early, experimental projects to his most recent explorations, the book delves into his innovative approach of painting on unconventional materials, from plaster to bread, felt to canvas, aluminum to wool, and socks to fur. It features newly commissioned essays by Fernanda Brenner, and Mariano Mayer, as well as a conversation between Christian Rattemeyer and the artist.
The book is also punctuated by visual archives of de Paoli's different studios throughout the years, enriching the comprehensive overview of an artistic universe where nature, abstraction, magic, and surrealism intersect and converge. Encompassing works dating from 2010 to 2024, this monograph lays out an original pathway for the interpretation of de Paoli's oeuvre.
Born 1978 in Buenos Aires, Santiago de Paoli lives and works in New York.
Santiago de Paoli's painting might seem surprising to the viewer. At first glance, the artist appears to be representing a number of common themes and elements, such as moons, candles, lamps, socks, g-spots, nuts, flowers and skies with clouds. But his work requires being contemplated through a feeling of curiosity, allowing the visitor to discover a personal view. Despite the varied and sometimes unusual materials the artist adapts to create his compositions, the economy of means and personal choice of aesthetic formalisms ties the work together, with a disruptive sense of humour and a childlike innocence.
