INV. No 565
Immigration Question
1995
ON CANVAS OR ON WOOD
MATERIALS:
Gesso and paper on wood, glasses, iron frame
DIMENSIONS: 71 × 101 × 5 cm
PROVENANCE: The artist
COLLECTION: Fabio Mauri Estate, Rome
CATALOGUE: PT_1995_565
DIMENSIONS: 71 × 101 × 5 cm
PROVENANCE: The artist
COLLECTION: Fabio Mauri Estate, Rome
CATALOGUE: PT_1995_565
NOTE:
The words ‘Immigration question’ and, lower down, ‘Senzarte’ (WITHOUT ART), are written in raised letters on a wooden panel covered in white paint made from Bologna gesso. An iron frame open to the sides surrounds the work. One pair of round, mirrored sunglasses, a typical black-market counterfeit product of that time sold through illegally exploited immigrants in Italy, feature centrally.
Exhibitions:
2018, New York, Hauser & Wirth, With Out, 25 January – 7 April, curated by Olivier Renaud-Clément.