For Art Basel Unlimited, Mazzoleni presents Il trionfo di San Giorgio by the Italian artist Salvo. The over 2.5 metres high and nearly 8 metres long, d’après Carpaccio, was painted in 1974 and exhibited at the Galleria Franco Toselli in Milan in the same year and two years later at the 37th Venice Biennale. Within the work, Salvo gives new life and meaning to the classical iconography of the Christian hero defeating the dragon. According to personal postmodern sensibility and through a process of “de-semanticisation”, Salvo unfolds a new series of interpretations and values through narrative simplification and colour translation.
Art Basel 2024 | Messe Basel | Unlimited U54
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