MATERIALS: Cross-stitch embroidery on fabric
DIMENSIONS: 43 × 47 cm
INSCRIPTIONS: Signature and date embroidered on the recto, lower left: ‘87’, lower right: ‘m ’
PROVENANCE: The artist
COLLECTION: Private collection, Rome
CATALOGUE: PT_1994_733
In 1994 and 1995, Mauri experimented with the technique of embroidery on several artworks, which the artist commissioned from his studio assistant Teresa Rinaldi, a skilled embroiderer who co-signed some of these works with him. This collaboration produced The End (inv. 732), Fine (inv. 733), and Corso di filosofia dell’estetica (inv. 422), as well as embroidery on various ‘Aryan objects’ in the ‘Arierwiege’ exhibition-installation (inv. 615, 620, 747, 925).
2012, Milan, Palazzo Reale, Fabio Mauri – The End, 19 June – 23 September, curated by Francesca Alfano Miglietti.
2012, Bologna, Fiera di Bologna – Galleria Rizzo, Arte Fiera.
2015, Venice, Giardini di Castello, Central Pavilion, 56. Esposizione Internazionale d’Arte – All the World’s Futures, 9 May – 22 November, curated by Okwui Enwezor.
2016-2017, Bergamo, GAMeC, Fabio Mauri: Arte per legittima difesa, 7 October 2016 – 15 January 2017, curated by Giacinto Di Pietrantonio.
Fabio Mauri. The End, exhibition catalogue, Palazzo Reale, Milan, edited by Francesca Alfano Miglietti (Milan: Skira, 2012), p. 159 (ill.).
56. Esposizione Internazionale d’Arte: All the World’s Futures: Mostra, exhibition catalogue, La Biennale, Venice, edited by Okwui Enzewor (Venice: Fondazione La Biennale di Venezia / Marsilio, 2015), p. 615.
Fabio Mauri. Arte per legittima difesa, exhibition catalogue, GAMeC, Bergamo, edited by Giacinto Di Pietrantonio (Bergamo: GAMeC Books, 2016), p. 108 (ill.).
