Contemporary Art

In Chinese, Wou-Ki means « no limits ». A name that particularly suits this artist, whom embraced different cultural identities without ever being beholden to one. It also suits the variety of his works in terms of content, as well as the different techniques he experimented, such as oil on canvas, ink on paper, lithography, engraving, and watercolor.

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According to legend, when Rauschenberg visited Alberto Burri at his studio in Città di Castello in 1952, the two artists chatted pleasantly in the garden and afterwards, with much ceremony, exchanged paintings. After leaving, Rauschenberg threw all his own works into the Arno River so he could start painting afresh, more like Burri.

Giorgio Griffa, who was born in Turin in 1936, is hard to fit into any specific art movement. In fact, the appeal of his works, produced in the course of a career spanning more than 50 years, has to do with a kind of elusive quality they have.